UPLift--Poverty Alleviation For The Ultra-Poor

UPLift is a program designed to empower communities on the Thai/Burmese border that lack food security, opportunities for income, and education. Through the use of small grants and skills trainings, these families receive the opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty without having to rely on external aid indefinitely.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Article: Remittances Support Survival

This article is an interesting look into the importance of remittances for families still living inside of Burma, and how serious the issue of food security is becoming at the present: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=91498&sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d1f2aa74c368e8e%2C1

I also found it interesting that their reported estimate for the average amount of income going towards food matches the survey results from our Shan communities in Fang district (70%). 
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