We work with amazing people to bring about positive and lasting change in some of the world's poorest places.
Today one in six people do not have enough food to live a healthy life. Increasing food prices, the economic crash and the effects of climate change are pushing even more people to the brink.
Why work on Livelihoods? When families have food and a reliable income they can look to the future. They can build a safe home, children can go to school, they can afford medical care, their overall health improves and communities can grow from strength to strength.
Yet, the problems that keep people poor cannot be solved at community level alone. That’s why international governments must change the unfair aid, trade and climate change deals that are crippling developing countries. People in the most vulnerable parts of the world are not heard by world leaders but our voice can speak for them.
Support in Action: In Nicaragua, 97% of malnourished children from a Trócaire programme were brought back to a healthy weight. Another 475 households secured title to land so that they could build a home and farm their land. In India 40,094 families have secure legal title to their own land. In Ethiopia 33,029 families got access to clean, drinkable water.
An interesting report that examines the future form of climate action. Thie paper seeks to join the dots on climate action, food security and poverty reduction. It also poses the question: what happened in Cancun and what’s at stake in Durban?
This resource focuses on the inter linkages between food security, nutrition and HIV. It is targeted at our Programme Officers and our partners working on HIV programmes and/or Livelihood Programmes.
The resource aims to strengthen understanding of the relationship between food security, nutrition and HIV using information drawn from a wide range of resources referenced throughout the document. It outlines possible programme responses for consideration and shares examples drawn from our HIV and Livelihoods programmes in different countries.
In our globalised world the basic right to adequate food is denied to more than a billion people. This statistic represents the highest level of chronically hungry people recorded since 1970.
This paper outlines our focus, strategy and approach to livelihoods work and is intended to serve as a guide for both staff and partners. While providing a global framework for livelihoods work, it allows scope for the development of context specific programmes.
This publication is based on information collected by Trócaire and highlights how climate change is affecting our work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
