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Working with the Poorest
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Reaching the poor and extreme poor is always a primary challenge for development organisations. Such people are often at the margin of activities for several reasons including labour, timidity, few assets, etc. In this regard, Intercooperation has explored two approaches. The first is to incorporate the poorest within the mainstream programme - means activated by CBOs themselves and their cluster in developing initiatives for the poorest within the community. The process promoted is based on two entry points: the CBO recognising by themselves the crucial problems of the poorest, and the establishment of a trust relationship within the community.
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The second approach is to work exclusively with extreme poor, particularly the excluded groups facing social discrimination from outside (e.g. Adivashi). In this respect, flexibility and creativity are essential, such as tailor made support (flexible credit, individual support, negotiation with landlords, etc.), taking into account their specific conditions (capacity to invest their time and income, exclusion, etc).
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Main assets/results:
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Pilot initiatives with 20 groups of extreme poor in char land, 6 extreme poor in government shelter village and with 10 tribal communities |
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In the mainstream program managed by IC, approximately 22% (of 78,000 households) are extreme poor |
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Initial results in the case of excluded extreme poor: increase in wages of 25-40 taka to 40-50 per day; increase in annual income of 9,000 - 22,000 taka; investment in land-based activities and assets
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Modules/Methodology developed
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Seed money for extreme poor for starting up economic activities |
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Diversification and development of income generative activities |
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Facilitation process in tailor made support to extreme poor |
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Alternative job creation as a result of marketing extension training courses |
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