Recommendations following the interventions
To continue support for the participants/entrepreneurs by CAPs
To continue monthly consultancy/support to the participants.
To develop free training courses in key areas of marketing, costs, finances and
business formalization.
For each participant to share acquired knowledge and business experience by
going to other districts and provinces to train individuals and institutions.
To create a virtual community among the entrepreneurs to enable mutual
support system.
Survivors Associated, Sri Lanka
Livelihood approaches as a component of rehabilitation
Survivors Associated has undertaken livelihood activities, using external trainers.
These activities include:
Skills training for youth in former war-torn areas utilising skilled trainers from
the area (e.g. in masonry).
Provision of masonry tools after training.
Entrepreneurship Development for training to female heads of households.
Revolving credit loans to support groups for micro entrepreneurship
Trained Survivors Associated Business Counsellors in place for problem-solving
and support
MAG, Philippines
Livelihood development approaches included:
Focus-group discussion and survey among political detainees in detention on
livelihood and income generating projects of relevance to them.
Conducting surveys of the socio-economic profile of political detainees across
the Philippines in order to identify the most suitable activities for generating
income and supporting the detainees in future ambitions
Drawing on expertise of other organizations or government agencies (e.g.
prison or detention centres) to obtain training on topics such as Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) or Technology and
Livelihood Resource Centre (TLRC), and/or NGOs.
Engaging help from Ozamis City School of Arts and Trade in coordination with
officials on the provision of capacity building for the beneficiaries on sewing and
cutting of cloth.
Establishing a plan for training in income-generating activities such as sewing
clothes and rugs, securing sewing machines.
Training of sample of individuals in prisons across Philippines.
Provision of fabric and different clothing templates to support individuals to use
their skills to when they leave prison to provide for their family and pay for
medical treatment.
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