The CHANGE project helps smallholder farmers—especially women and vulnerable families—become more resilient to climate change and grow their incomes. It does this by promoting climate-smart farming, improving access to markets and services, encouraging local action on climate issues, and supporting Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI).
Farmers will be trained on climate adaptive vegetable farming and goat rearing practices.
This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
Nepal is one of many countries where ADRA is helping to improve income opportunities for families and individuals, helping to lift them out of poverty.
We have ongoing livelihood projects that have been developed in collaboration with trusted partners and communities to build more sustainable lives which in turn creates food security and keeps children in school. Examples of ADRA livelihoods project activities include:
Lila lives in rural Nepal with her ten-year-old son. Like so many mothers in rural Nepal, Lila has to raise her children and run the household alone. With very few local jobs, Lila’s husband has to migrate to India for work, leaving his family behind for months at a time.
“I primarily grew wheat and maize, which provided a limited income. I could only afford to buy stationery for school and save when my husband sent money home.”
Through an ADRA project, Lila received agricultural and financial training, as well as a variety of vegetable seeds for new crops. Now, she is growing enough vegetables to provide for her family without relying on payments from her husband.
“My income has increased approximately ten times compared to what I used to earn from maize and wheat farming,” Lila says. “Now, I can afford to buy enough essentials for my family and even save money from my own earnings.”
