Livelihood - World Vision Thailand

Empowering Communities through Sustainable livelihood

No child should be constrained by poverty.

Improving quality of life for the most disadvantaged families

Poverty is devastating for children’s development, no matter where they are growing up. We work with families to break the cycle of poverty so that the most vulnerable children can reach their full potential. Our work addresses the underlying causes of child poverty: food insecurity, vulnerability to disaster-related shocks, climate change and lack of access to markets and financial services. By promoting equality, inclusiveness, and sustainable economic growth, we can help end poverty and allow at-risk children to reach their full potential.

Training, financial literacy, savings group, as well as tools and resources to build self-reliance, are keys to help hardworking people lbreakfree from poverty. With our unique community-based model, refined and expanded over our 50-year history, we’re able to offer the support that people need to get — and stay — on their feet.

Over 14,000 families were empowered to improve their livelihoods

Supporting livelihood tools

We help families build knowledge, skills, and resources to support themselves.

Training and natural farming

We equip families with the knowledge and skills in producing quality and healthy food. We train families and farmers on natural agriculture farming, focusing on different plant varieties, animal breeds and seed preservation and the use of herbs according to local wisdoms We enable exchanges of best practices on safe agricultural farming within and between communities we work with.

Savings Group

We provide knowledge skills on financial management. We support communities to start savings groups – member-owned and community-run groups that allow people to save together in a safe, convenient and flexible way, whereby savings can be lent to members as credit. Savings is crucial for the families to be resilient in different situations such as economic crises, the health pandemic or other disasters.

Income Resilience

We help families to have capacity to use climate-smart agricultural approaches. We encourage farmers to diversify their crops to ensure that they aren’t too reliant on one source of income that could be affected by adverse weather or a disaster. We collaborate with relevant government agencies and partners that provides technical support to farmers.

In a country where 50% of the poorest group are involved with agriculture, you can help.

Give families the resources

Support farmers to diversify and gain skills

Build community resilience through savings groups

Sponsor a child today, empower them for tomorrow

Together, we have supported people and communities to work their way out of poverty, disasters and exploitation. In 2023, this support reached 1.9 million people, including 1.7 million children, by tackling the root causes of poverty.