Care Kenya Case Study

Background Information
Kenya & Poverty
• 55.4% (17.1 mil people) lived below extreme poverty line (US$1 /day) 55 4% (17 1 in 2001 • Large Income Disparities: b/w richest & poorest, b/w urban & rural

(Year of 2001) Life expectancy at birth Adult literacy rate GDP / head UN Human Develop. Index (‘02)

KENYA 45 years 84% US$1,020 148th

CANADA

% of Kenya’s Total Inco s ome

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

More than 79 years 99% US$29,480 4th

Urban

Rural

Poorest 20%

Middle 60%

Richest 20%

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Kenya & Agriculture
Formal Economy F lE
< Kenyan GDP (‘03) > 25% 50% 25% 83%
Agriculture Others

Real K R l Kenyan L b F Labor Force
< Labor Force > 17% 25% 75%
Totally based on Agriculture

Agriculture sector

Informal Economy Formal Economy

Smallholder Farmers

• Most of rural poor were smallholder farmers - Depended on subsistence agriculture - Had a poor resource base / Isolated due to poor infrastructure - Had poor access to markets, tech, information, capital, etc. ☞ As a result, rural poor rarely participated in Formal Economy

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CARE International
Outline • Global network of Humanitarian Organizations for Fighting Poverty g g g y • 12 lead members & more than 60 Offices for developing countries (‘05) • Serve the poor in the poorest communities by p p y - Promoting innovative solutions, - Strengthening capacity for self-help, g pp y gp y - Providing economic opportunity, Influencing policy decisions, etc.

Mission

CARE Kenya
Outline Staffs • 300 staffs, budget of 14 mil US$ (’04) • Excellent in community engagement & mobilization • Paid on a nonprofit compensation model p p - Reward process rather than profit - paid for the mandate for aid, not trade

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REAP project

REAP project (Rural Entrepreneurship & Agribusiness Promotion)
• Financed with grants from Western governments

Success

• Through education & infrastructure development, REAP helped... [continues]

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