Tailoring Skills Course
A practical tailoring course for people who want to earn from a skill they can practise close to home.
Support for Small Traders
Training and peer support that help small market traders keep records, plan ahead and grow.
- Livelihoods
The challenge
Small traders often work on thin margins, where a single bad week can wipe out savings. Without records, it is hard to see which goods make money and which quietly lose it.
What this work focuses on
- Simple record-keeping that fits a busy stall
- Planning for slow seasons
- Savings and peer groups
How the work is approached
Training starts from traders' own experience of their market, not a textbook.
Peer groups let traders compare notes, solve problems together and keep each other going.
What it aims to change
- Steadier incomes
- Savings to fall back on
- Traders able to plan rather than react
Part of our program area
Livelihoods — Sustainable livelihoods and economic empowerment.
Related work
Resilient Smallholder Farming
Practical support that helps small-scale farmers grow more reliably as seasons become harder to predict.
