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India contains approximately 20 million ultra poor families. These families lack the opportunity or means to lift themselves out of poverty. Existing programs targeted at sustainably improving the conditions of the extreme poor are limited. Food aid, while effective for short-term relief, fails to create the building blocks for sustainable change. Training programs work well in providing valuable tools for income-generation, but they fail to the meet immediate health and food needs that are required to ensure focus and dedication towards an income generating activities. Social programs are viable empowerment mechanisms, but fail to meet pressing economic concerns.

Target group

Upper Poor 70 million households ($1-$2/day PPP)

 Rural (74%) Medium farmers to small entrepre- neurs who have some consistent source of enterprise income or work. Urban (26%) Employed poor such as housemaids small entrepr- eneurs who have some consistent source of income

Poor
80 million households (up to $1/day PPP)

 Small farmers and micro- entrepre- neurs who have some income generating assets Daily laborers with no assets to micro- entrepre- neurs who have some income generating assets
Ultra Poor 10 million households Families with no daily source of income Families with no daily source of income
                                                                               		 Large portion of the population is unable to benefit from traditional microfinance

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