More than 90 percent of poor women mobilized belong to vulnerable groups such as scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and backward castes WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 – The World Bank today approved a US$ ...

Providing benefits to local people from forest conservation programmes is an important issue for policy makers. Livelihood projects are a common way to provide benefits, but there is little ...

MANILA, (PIA) –The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) agrees to provide livelihood support to individuals affected by the ongoing EDSA Greenways Project. The labor department said the ...

NEW DELHI, July 12, 2012 – The Government of India, the Government of Bihar and the World Bank today signed an agreement for US$ 100 million additional credit to scale up the ongoing Bihar Rural ...

The livelihood project is estimated to be worth Rs 320 million and, in addition to the 3,000 Pakistani households benefitting from PPAF’s regular livelihood programme, this new project will help a ...

Through the Nuton Jubon Livelihood Project, women have started their own agricultural/fisheries livelihood enterprises. Photo courtesy: Social Development Foundation (SDF) The World Bank-supported ...

BHUBANESWAR: Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA), Bhubaneswar, will lead the first aqua-livelihood project for upliftment of smallholder fish farmers and improve nutrition security in ...

Represented by its representation office in Yemen, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) launched a new project to improve livelihoods and support the standard of living for 4,060 beneficiaries from the ...

BAGRAMI, Afghanistan, July 9 (UNHCR) - Whoever coined the proverb "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for life" should revisit the concept in eastern ...

Seeking to enhance livelihood opportunities for transgender persons in Pollachi, Anaimalai and surrounding rural regions, a petition was submitted on Monday to the Coimbatore District Collector ...