Rural Savings & Lending
- Five original rural savings/lending funds around Al-Safira; later five UNDP savings-and-loan groups of 15–25 members.
- Community governance, savings and lending for micro-enterprises.
Our Programme Areas
Livelihoods & Micro-Finance
Fouadi’s livelihoods work began with rural savings and lending and expanded into household production, disability-inclusive enterprise support, vocational training, agricultural field schools and community action planning.
Programme overview
Fouadi’s livelihoods work began with rural savings and lending and expanded into household production, disability-inclusive enterprise support, vocational training, agricultural field schools and community action planning.
Fouadi’s experience has developed through stand-alone and integrated multi-sector projects, combining local access, field implementation, infrastructure where required, community engagement, referrals and capacity building.
4,300+households/individuals
10savings & loan funds/groups
1,821poultry units
16Farmer Field Schools
Selected projects & interventions
Poultry Livelihoods
- Phase 1 supported 571 families; phase 2 supported 1,250 families with laying hens, feed and equipment plus food assistance.
Disability-Inclusive Livelihoods
- 54 people with severe spinal-cord injuries received therapeutic cash and livelihood-enterprise support. Budget $148,144.
Vocational Training
- 40 carpentry/blacksmithing trainees; occupational safety, first aid, costing, pricing, branding, negotiation and business skills.
- 425 school desks produced as practical graduation projects; 40 professional toolkits distributed. Budget $150,000.
Farmer Field Schools & CAP
- 535 beneficiaries; 16 field schools across cattle, olive and sheep activities.
- Five rainwater-harvesting demonstration fields with 500 stone-reinforced semicircular barriers; training for 160 representatives from 20 villages.
Programme gallery
The photographs below are temporary layout images. They should later be replaced by Fouadi’s own project photographs and can be grouped project-by-project.
