Livelihoods
Planting seeds for the future
10% of the world lives on less than $1.90 a day. Some of the biggest tools to fight poverty come from the simplest solutions—training, loans, seeds, animals, and access to a marketplace. Helping people provide for themselves creates change that can be seen for generations. Women in particular experience the positive effects by being able to enter a marketplace previously closed to them and providing dependable income, self-reliance, and even safety, to them and their children.
What we do
ADRA India supports vulnerable communities, in particular refugees, and women and youth, to attain better livelihood opportunities by enhancing their skills and linking them to the job market.
How we do it?
- Identifying vulnerable youth and orientating them on better and alternative livelihood options.
- Identifying the skill gaps and demand in the Industry
- Establishing appropriate tie ups and providing suitable skill training and placement support
- Creating linkages between available skills and the market opportunities in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka for refugees
- Promoting Entrepreneurship with Micro Grant support
- Advocating and raising awareness on discriminatory practices as well as social and cultural barriers in the labour market in Tamil Nadu
- Promote sustainable livelihood and food security for small-scale farmers in Assam
Ongoing Projects
RISE II
Remedial and Inclusive School Education II – Tamil Nadu
PACE
Poverty Alleviation and Community Empowerment – Tamil Nadu
PRECISE
PRECISE
Closed Projects
FRESH HOPE
FRESH HOPE - A Hygiene and Livelihood Initiative
LESS
Local Economic and Social Strengthening Project
NEWS & Case Studies

Organic Kitchen Gardens in Tamil Nadu
Tamilarasi is a 31-year-old mother who is also the breadwinner of her family. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Yenambakkam, Chennai. Her

HEROs as Change Agents in the Tea Communities of Assam
Tea Garden community or tea garden labour communities, are multi-ethnic groups of Tea Garden workers in Assam. It is a term used to denote active tea garden workers and their dependents, who reside in worker quarters