Donate NowOur Programmes
Our programmes focus on empowering very poor people to start their own small, income-generating enterprise.
We are currently operating in West Bengal, Gujarat and Rajasthan
- helping families earn an income from raising chickens and selling the products
- making farming affordable and sustainable for marginalised small holders and teaching responsible, eco-farming techniques
- helping families earn an income from raising and selling goats
- providing business skills training to women so they can start their own entrepreneurial enterprise in the Beauty & Wellness sector
Cook Training Programme
- a skills-based training programme aimed at urban slum dwellers to enhance job prospects and increase income in the Home Management sector
Through these programmes we strive to contribute towards the delivery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, in particular:
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal: 4: Quality Education
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Here is a short video about how we are changing the lives of some of the world’s poorest families. The footage was taken in the villages near Kolkata and features a number of our beneficiaries from each of our programmes….
If you were living on $2 a day, what would you do to improve your life? That’s a real question for the nearly 1 billion people living in extreme poverty today. There’s no single right answer, of course, and poverty looks different in different places. But through my work with the foundation, I’ve met many people in poor countries who raise chickens, and I have learned a lot about the ins and outs of owning these birds. As a city boy from Seattle, I had a lot to learn! It’s pretty clear to me that just about anyone who’s living in extreme poverty is better off if they have chickens. In fact, if I were in their shoes, that’s what I would do – I would raise chickens.
