How it works

Livelihood programs designed around inclusion

EarthGuard treats gender equality and inclusion as a project design requirement, not a side activity.

  • Identify participation barriers for women, girls, youth, and vulnerable households.
  • Design training schedules, leadership roles, mentorship, and access pathways around those realities.
  • Link participants to green skills, enterprise ideas, savings groups, and digital literacy.
  • Track attendance, leadership, income pathways, and inclusion outcomes.
Women, girls, and youth learning green livelihood and digital skills

Primary hub: Restoration, Circular Economy, and Livelihoods Hub

Gender equality

Inclusive livelihoods and leadership

Gender-responsive training models that help women, girls, youth, and vulnerable households access skills, leadership, finance, and green livelihoods.

Access

Fair participation

Training is designed so women, girls, youth, and vulnerable households can participate meaningfully.

Skills

Green livelihood pathways

Participants build skills in agriculture, aquaculture, clean energy, recycling, digital tools, and entrepreneurship.

Leadership

Voice and decision-making

Groups are supported to build confidence, leadership roles, savings culture, and community influence.

Measurement

Inclusion evidence

Attendance, leadership roles, income pathways, and participation barriers are tracked.

Core components

  • Gender-responsive training design
  • Youth and women leadership pathways
  • Savings group and enterprise support
  • Digital and green skills training
  • Mentorship and confidence building
  • Inclusion and attendance tracking

Who can use it

  • Women and girls
  • Youth groups
  • Vulnerable households
  • Schools and clubs
  • Community livelihood partners

Impact logic

Fairer access to skills, voice, and green jobs

The project helps communities build livelihoods in a way that includes people often left out of technical and economic opportunities.

Include

Remove barriers

Timing, access, voice, safety, confidence, and participation.

Train

Build capability

Green skills, digital literacy, enterprise, and leadership.

Grow

Track outcomes

Income pathways, leadership roles, participation, and learning.

Project partnership

Use Inclusive livelihoods and leadership as a demonstration site, research pilot, or funded community support model

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