Proven Approach
Beyond a graduation approachOur evidence-based approach is both cost-effective and sustainable. We partner with women to interrupt the cycle of poverty by investing in their families and communities.
1. Understanding poverty.
Kaushalya used to lease shared land for her crops, but was vulnerable to climate change and COVID. Poverty looks different in every context.
2. Start generating income.
With seed capital, business training, savings group support, and coaching, Kaushalya was able to jumpstart a new livestock business.
3. Save and invest in you.
With time and the support of her savings group, Kaushalya took her livestock business further and saved enough to start a new fishery collective.
4. Invest in your community.
Through coaching support, Kaushalya used her newfound confidence to run for village leadership and support new roads and drinking water facilities in her community.
5. Break the cycle.
Now Kaushalya earns enough money for her children’s health and school fees, and is breaking the cycle of extreme poverty.
Our Framework
Our work centers around four main pillars: economic empowerment, financial resilience, social inclusion & agency, underpinned by coaching.
Together, these elements provide the holistic support households need to forge pathways out of poverty.
Economic empowerment strengthens participants’ capacity to develop income-generating activities. Trickle Up implements a series of interventions, including, but not limited to technical skills training and asset transfer (cash or in-kind) to get micro-enterprises started; value chain assessments; and market linkage assessments.
Financial resilience means that project participants have the necessary skills, resources, and linkages to build savings and mitigate against financial shocks. Trickle Up supports this through facilitating savings groups, linking participants to financial products or services for their microenterprises, financial literacy training, and consumption support.
Social inclusion and agency addresses decision-making power and community engagement. Trickle Up works alongside our participants to provide life skills training, rights awareness training, and linkages to social protection services and programs from local government to strengthen decision-making capacity and self-confidence.
Act Globally
Digital Tools
Adaptable Coaching
Climate Resilience
Climate crises impact the lives and livelihoods of people in our programs every day. We’re adapting our programs to help people become more resilient to the forces that threaten their lives, livelihoods, and progress out of poverty.
Women's Empowerment
Women who graduate from our programs report making more decisions at home. Some go on to become business and community leaders. Our team is developing additional ways to increase the agency, confidence, and advocacy skills of women and girls.
Who We Work With
We’ve spent the last four decades connecting people in poverty with undiscovered talents and opportunities. We share our approach with partners and policymakers to help them go further so that no one is left behind.
We help partners and policymakers ensure that programs work for the poorest people.
