Poverty Alleviation And Sustainable Livelihood

Almost one in four Africans is hungry: At 23.2%, the population of Africa has the highest rate of under-nourished people. A total of 233 million people is affected by hunger and every third child in Africa suffers from the effects of malnutrition; (e.g. under growth inhibitions or mental underdevelopment).

According to the World Bank estimates, 47 to 50% of the total populations live below the poverty level. This region is thus the poorest region in the world.

The causes of the hunger are manifold: Environmental disasters, war, the effects of climate change, a rapidly growing population, public debt or diseases such as AIDS and malaria.

It’s upon this that ACCP with the help of our international branch coordinators in Ghana West Africa collaborated with the Royal Seed Needy Home (RSNH), an Orphanage Home in Ghana to support 300 less privileged children from age 1 – 16 years by feeding, clothing and given them shelters.

ACCP helps to reduce hunger and poverty in a variety of ways:


1. Strengthening Agriculture
Agriculture and related activities are at least part of the livelihood for many poor people. Support for agricultural projects, from small farmers and especially women, reduce extreme poverty and hunger effectively. This is particularly true when even a small income can be generated from agriculture.

2. Microcredit For Farmers
Overall economic growth does not always result in less poverty or social improvements on the ground. Micro loans for farmers can help specifically where the need is particularly large. These are microcredits, which are awarded to people on fair terms. In the case of banks, people would either not get any credit or a very high interest due to their situation.

With Microcredit, the situation can be helped. People are given opportunities and jobs in rural areas, outside the formal economy, as well as the further food production can be ensured. Micro credits are an important safety net, especially in countries where there are no state social security schemes. Through them, people living in poverty crisis do not have to go to dubious Money lenders and work for them.

That is why ACCP assigns microcredit to farmers affected by poverty to break the power of the money-borrowers.

3. Secure Income
This program is designed to give people who are living in poverty the possibility of paid employment: for example, reconstruction in areas after disasters or in the creation of the necessary local infrastructure. Alliance Creative Community Project. encourages investors to invest in such regions to create or improve income for the local people.

4. Training For Farmers
Farmers need knowledge for their entrepreneurial skills: The livelihoods of many families depend on their success through income and food security. Topics include: – Technical improvements (e.g., better seed selection, animal hygiene, storage techniques and processing techniques). – Networking and marketing (e.g., strengthening producers and agricultural associations). – Organizational improvements (e.g., business model building, marketing and sales).

5. Energy And Infrastructure
According to the International Energy Agency, only about 32% of people in sub-Sahara are connected to the electricity network and only about 50% have access to clean drinking water. Africa loses up to two percentage points of possible economic growth each year due to the lack of sufficient infrastructure. Inadequate are for example, the transport, energy and water supply infrastructure. The need for investment is estimated to be about 360 billion dollars by 2040. The United Nations estimates that goods produced in Africa are up to 40 per cent more expensive on the world market and thus less competitive.

At the same time, Africa, a solar continent has the great potential to invest directly in renewable energies without having to make a deviation via conventional, polluting technologies. The construction and expansion of renewable energies is a direct investment in the future of the people: wind, sun, water, biomass and geothermal energy will be invested in decentralized solutions sustainably and cost-effectively.

This creates jobs and local value through income and an effective supply of rural areas.
Private-sector models as well as municipal approaches could ensure the necessary, medium-term funding. The operation of the facilities in cooperatives would leave the value added on site and protect the communities from international groups and investors.

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