Where We Work : Haiti : Technical Assistance: Targeting the Ultra Poor

Since 2008, BRAC has been providing technical assistance to Fonkoze to help them replicate BRAC’s ultra poor programme in Bangladesh.  The programme, called Chemin Lavi Miyo (CLM), or “Pathway to a Better Life” in Creole, targets the poorest 10% of the population who are too poor to benefit from microfinance loans and other livelihood programmes. 

Participants are given assets, regular training, and other support to help them build a livelihood and generate sustainable income from their assets.  After 18 months, participants “graduate” and are eligible to become microfinance borrowers.  The pilot phase, which included 150 women, has been successfully completed, and BRAC is now helping Fonkoze scale the programme up to 1,000 women.