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The Tingathe Poverty Graduation model aspires to engage with youth in and out of school, women, and children in their individual and collective journey towards self-reliance and socio-economic well-being. We focus on equipping young people with the capacity to make well-informed decisions about their present and future and find their position as leaders that are integral to the positive transformation of their communities from poverty to prosperity.
Participation combines support to address long-term investments in participants in life skills, technical skills training, asset transfers, enterprise development, savings, and planning for the future to transition ultra-poor families to sustainable livelihoods.
The graduation approach focuses on helping the poorest and most vulnerable individuals to develop sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of extreme poverty. It consists of a carefully sequenced, multi-sectoral intervention comprising:
(1) Formal and informal marketable vocational skills training
(2) The means to jump-start economic activity, through the transfer of a productive asset or seed capital for informal self-employment, or access to formal employment;
(3) Access to savings services and related financial capability building (and as appropriate, other financial inclusion services); and
(4) Coaching, mentoring, start-up incubation, and group membership to build confidence, reinforce skills, navigate the process, and break down social exclusion.
