Our Progress

LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS

Poverty is intergenerational and intersectional. Tackling poverty requires creative problem-solving, systems thinking, and investment in women. 

Our Impact Stats

2022 Participants

THOUSAND

people are starting and running successful businesses, saving for the future, and eating more and better foods

2022 People REACHED

THOUSAND

family members and neighbors of participants are benefitting from and being inspired by their success

Our Partners

local partners and global organizations are working with us to deliver more inclusive programs

Graduation Rate

%

of participants in recently completed projects are running profitable businesses that provide sustainable incomes

Savings

%

of participants have saved enough money to cover their household’s average expenses for three months or more

Food Security

%

of participants in recently completed projects reported improvements in the quality and number of meals they consume

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Our approach is time-bound, cost-effective, and evidence-based. 

We design more powerful and effective programs through research and innovation.

We help partners and policymakers ensure that programs work for every context.

Latest Publications

TARGETING

Targeting plays a prominent role in coaching, a key part of the Graduation Approach and Trickle Up’s programs. Read the brief to find out more about how we continuously improve this program element.

DIGITAL LITERACY & TECHNOLOGY

DIGITAL LITERACY & TECHNOLOGY

Digital literacy plays a prominent role in coaching, a key part of the Graduation Approach and Trickle Up’s programs. Read the brief to find out more about how we continuously improve this program element.

Graduating to Resilience Learnings: Digital Adaptations & Participant Results

Graduating to Resilience Learnings: Digital Adaptations & Participant Results

Graduating to Resilience is a USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funded Activity and implemented by AVSI Foundation in collaboration with Trickle Up and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). This 7-year Activity seeks to test the Graduation Approach’s ability to graduate 13,200 economically active, but ultra-poor refugee and host community households across two cohorts in Kamwenge District, Uganda from food insecurity and fragile livelihoods to self-reliance and resilience.

Graduating to Resilience Learnings: Gender Transformative Coaching & Programming in Cohort 2

Graduating to Resilience Learnings: Gender Transformative Coaching & Programming in Cohort 2

Graduating to Resilience is a USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funded Activity and implemented by AVSI Foundation in collaboration with Trickle Up and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). This 7-year Activity seeks to test the Graduation Approach’s ability to graduate 13,200 economically active, but ultra-poor refugee and host community households across two cohorts in Kamwenge District, Uganda from food insecurity and fragile livelihoods to self-reliance and resilience.