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Starting up income-generating activities for livelihoods recovery

Guidance on setting up a livelihoods programme, based on learning from Iraq and Indonesia

2021 Available in English

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Income-generating activities are things that make money, like starting a business to generate a profit.

A livelihoods recovery programme can help community members to start their own income-generating activities, by providing business training, business grants and business mentoring.

This guide shares three steps for starting such a programme:

  • Assessing the market
  • Selecting business trainees
  • Running project activities

Tearfund staff in our Asia cluster share learning about setting up income-generating activities

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