SDHA Rwanda improves Rural livelihoods via a multidimensional interventions basing on local economic development principles (LED) for social transformation. The core objectives pursued is to identify the key potentials in the area and come up with solutions within. The outcome of this program seeks to find jobs and income to beneficiaries. The social inclusion id very important where youth, women and pro-poor groups are given special attention.
The key subprograms under rural livelihoods are as follow:
Cooperatives development: where scattered communities are advised and supported to joint effort in groupings, pre-cooperative then registered cooperatives around an economic activity.
Rural entrepreneurship: This is to technically support the beneficiaries for income generating activities IGA to cover their basic needs namely foods, school fees for children and health insurance among others
Agriculture and food security: more than 80% of Rwandan earn life from agriculture. The intent of the program is to transform the subsistence to food security at households level the into market oriented agriculture. The model promoted is conventional agriculture to Organic farming which is adapted to limited space and Rwanda context.
Human rights and social inclusion: This is critically important in Rwanda context and policy, where pro-poor groups, youth and women categories need attention for inclusive growth. SDHA cares for disadvantaged groups for their integration and participation to national development. TO be feasible, SDHA encourages youth and women to actively take a stake in the development process of their constituency /village and sectors and District. Additionally, to this, some groups like historically marginalized groups need special support and focused training on the human rights for their quick social integration in the community.