Help build self-sufficient communities

Together, let's reach 1,211,000 children

Our aim is always to support people to be independent, so progress can be built upon after we move on. We work in partnership with everyone in each community for true, sustainable transformation.

Together, we can teach farmers the skills to overcome poverty, support people to diversify crops for resilience and empower families to earn an income.

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£7,000 trains 18 villages on natural resource management

educating farmers on effectively managing trees, soil and water

£25,000 provides 320 families with seeds and tools

so they can grow nutritious food in their own market gardens

£30,000 opens 40 new village savings and loans groups

These savings groups help develop and grow self-sufficient micro businesses

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We invite you to be part of this important work, making a long term difference in the lives of thousands of families around the world.

A woman and her sons stand in a field in South Sudan with the goats she bought through the community saving group

Savings groups

We support communities to start savings groups - member-owned and community run groups that allow people to save together in a safe, convenient and flexible way, whereby savings can be lent to members as credit. Ayom's sons can thrive, thanks to income from goats she bought via her village saving group. This group and others like it in South Sudan have helped to revive many local women’s small businesses, bringing hope and support amid COVID-19.

Three generations of a family from Armenia pick raspberries after attending agricultural training

Seeds and training

We help families to help themselves - providing training and resources needed to support people to start their own businesses, as well as provide food for their families. Larisa’s grandchildren benefit from World Vision's agricultural training that has helped to create a successful raspberry producers’ group in Armenia.

Members of a Bee Keepers Group in Eswatini (Swaziland) join together to harvest the first hives that were provided to help diversify their family incomesMembers of a Bee Keepers Group in Eswatini (Swaziland) join together to harvest the first hives that were provided to help diversify their family incomes

Income resilience and disaster reduction

We encourage farmers to diversify their crops and sources of livelihoods to ensure that they aren't too reliant on one source of income, which could be affected by adverse weather or a disaster. We support people such as these farmers in Eswatini (Swaziland), who are learning beekeeping and business skills training. Small, vulnerable farming households will benefit from the new income source, and having a new income method increases a family's resilience.

Justine's story

In one of the remote villages in Eastern Zambia, 12-year-old Justine loves to spend time with his grandmother Cecilia as they herd the family goats when he is not studying.

Before Cecilia received goats, World Vision trained her together with other families on how to care for the goats. “We were taught on how to keep the goats clean and how to make a goat pen off the ground so that they can be healthy and clean,” she says.

A sponsored child in Zambia holds a goat and smiles into the camera, standing outside in front of a house — Support children like Justine and his grandmother to build self-sufficiency

Within a space of two months, Cecilia’s goats started to multiply meaning it was time for her to pass on the goats to another family.

“From the lessons I got from World Vision, my goats started to multiply in numbers. I was very happy because I knew that it was the end of poverty for my family because from them I would earn an income by selling and providing for my children and grandchildren,” says Cecilia.

Justine has hope for his future. He plans to become a medical doctor, and will work hard at school so as to have a bright future.

World Vision has given us hope where we had little. World Vision came in and made it possible for us to have more.

Cecilia

Justine's grandmother, Zambia

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Get in touch today to find out more about our Building Self-Sufficient Communities Projects - including speaking to a Philanthropy Executive about which countries we work in and the projects you can support. We will create a partnership based on your particular interests and requirements. Contact us now and we'll get in touch.

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