Sustainable Livelihoods
Resilient herds, diversified incomes, thriving markets.
Sustainable Livelihoods
For pastoralist families, livestock is life — a source of food, income, savings and social standing. PACIDA strengthens the entire livestock economy: animal health and vaccination, rangeland management, fodder production, and market linkages that let herders sell at fair prices. We help households diversify beyond the herd through Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), small enterprise, and value-addition in milk, meat, hides and honey — building incomes that hold steady when the rains fail.
What this looks like
A snapshot of how this pillar comes to life across Marsabit County and Southern Ethiopia.
Livestock market linkages and mobile abattoir support across Marsabit sub-counties
Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLAs) reaching thousands of women
Rangeland rehabilitation and fodder banks for dry-season resilience
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Every project under Livelihoods is built hand in hand with the community. Explore our work, or make a gift that reaches the next family in the drylands.