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The project in numbers:

• Household income for these 6,000 families will increase dramatically, doubling from around £350/year to around £700/year.
• Discrimination based on gender or ethnicity will be challenged and fresh opportunities to earn a better living will be available.
• Daily life for women farmers will be transformed. Gone will be the endless unproductive hours spent collecting water – time they can now use to earn money or spend with their families.
• The threat of the coronavirus impact pushing people further into poverty will be negated.
• Improve income from agriculture for 35,000 people and double the annual household income of 6,000 of the poorest households in three rural districts of Nepal – Rukum, Rolpa and Dang.
• Of the 6,000 households whose income will be doubled, 5,500 are farmers (80% women) who will transform farming into a business. 500 people (80% women) will find new employment. 20% of other people set to benefit will be men from other marginalised groups such as the Dalits, Janajatis and people living with disability.
• The increased income will also help to bring additional co-benefits for 30,000 people (through average households of 5) to improve other basic needs such as housing, healthcare, education and improved nutrition.

About Practical Action

Practical Action is a global innovator, inspiring people to discover and adopt ingenious, practical ways to free themselves from poverty and disadvantage.

Improving harvests through planet-friendly farming innovations. Transforming lives through affordable, renewable energy. Reducing vulnerability created by climate change or disaster. Demonstrating sustainable ways to improve clean water access and sanitation. Unlocking economic opportunities that allow whole communities to thrive.

Just a few of the ways we help people unleash their potential and protect our world for future generations. Join us.

About UK Aid Match

UK Aid Match brings charities, British people and the UK government together to change the lives of some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

For every £1 given by the public to a UK Aid Match charity appeal, the government adds £1 from the UK’s international development budget.

UK Aid Match gives everyone in the UK a say in how the UK’s aid money is spent. It boosts the impact of high quality projects that improve the lives of the poorest people in developing countries.

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