Livelihoods affect almost every part of family wellbeing. We support communities to strengthen practical income opportunities through farming, livestock, skills, enterprise and small business.
When household income is insecure, families can struggle to meet everyday needs, invest in education and health, or recover from economic and environmental shocks. Limited skills, weak market links and dependence on a single source of income can deepen that vulnerability.
Bridge For Change works with communities to identify livelihood opportunities that reflect local realities. Our role is to strengthen practical skills, enterprise capability, production and market connections so people have more options to earn, adapt and plan for the future.
Activities vary according to local priorities, but our work is typically organised around these connected areas.
Supporting practical skills for starting, strengthening and managing small income-generating activities.
↗Building on agriculture and livestock where these are important sources of food and household income.
↗Linking learning and practical capabilities to realistic local economic opportunities.
↗Strengthening basic planning, saving and household financial decision-making.
↗Helping community initiatives think beyond production towards customers, buyers and value chains.
↗Encouraging diversified and more sustainable livelihood strategies that can better absorb shocks.
↗We look beyond activities to the changes communities experience in capability, participation, opportunity and resilience.
Livelihood programmes must make sense in the local economy. We therefore work with communities to understand existing skills, resources, markets and constraints before shaping support. This helps avoid one-size-fits-all interventions and builds on what people are already doing.
We use dialogue, local partnerships, feedback and learning throughout implementation so programmes can respond to changing needs and remain accountable to the people they are intended to support.
See our projects ↗We welcome conversations with funders, local organisations, institutions and technical partners who share our commitment to community-led change.