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Sustainable Livelihoods |
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| The end-point in the ideal social development model, which begins with welfare, the term “sustainable livelihoods” encompasses skills training and job creation, enterprise development (capacity building, identifying market opportunities, local economic development and so on) and sustainable food security.
The development continuum model is used to assess all projects in this sector, not just those that focus on agricultural livelihoods, so projects that focus on survivalist, subsistence and livelihood initiatives are considered for support.
The Anglo American Chairman’s Fund aims to provide employment opportunities through skills training with placement, agricultural produce from subsistence to livelihood and entrepreneurship training that leads to demonstrable sustained economic activity.
Please note that De Beers supports sustainable livelihood projects primarily in communities surrounding its operations, namely in the municipalities of Siyanda, Ga-Segonyana, Taung, Frances Baard, Letsemeng, Nama Khoi, Kamiesberg and Richtersveld (Northern Cape), and Musina and Blouberg (Limpopo).
The FirstRand Fund supports the Sustainable Livelihoods sector through its Strategic Partners programme, which enables the Foundation to enter into meaningful funding relationships with a select number of partners on behalf of its group of member funds, in order to best effect the development and empowerment of South African communities on a national scale.
The WesBank Fund believes that there is a need to empower communities to become self-supporting. This is seen as one of the most pressing needs in South Africa. Only in breaking the cycle of poverty and dependence can people regain their dignity and catch a glimpse of a brighter future. Their Food Security and Agricultural Livelihoods Programmefunds diverse projects around the country that are workingto reduce vulnerability to, and the negative consequences of, household food insecurity.
This is chiefly achieved by training and supporting community members so that there is a tangibleincrease in the participation of food-insecure households in productive agriculturalactivities. Improvedflow and composition of nutrition can be achieved through the provision of sustained and uninterrupted support of food gardeningor “micro-farming” at the household level. In so doing, the Fund’s programme partner organisations help empower individuals with the knowledge and skills that can be employed to diversify income sources, build wealth and thereby restore self-respect, self-reliance and self-confidence. |
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