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Oxfam GB Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, Nkandla District KZN
South Africa
Partners         
Start date
1998
End date
2003
Commitment (£)
8,120,000
 
* Government of South Africa
* DFID
Collaborators
* OXFAM GB
Contacts
* Nigel Taylor, Oxfam, n.taylor@oxfam.org.za

Purpose

Identification of policy and practice changes which could enable poor people in Nkandla to have improved and more sustainable livelihoods based upon local natural resources.



Lessons:
May farming make a contribution to poverty alleviation in a “deep rural” area in South Africa? – Lessons from Oxfam GB’s Sustainable Livelihood Programme at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Nigel Taylor and Rob Cairns Oxfam GB June 2001 RTF
See also: Review of Livelihoods Approaches and Development Interventions in South Africa Feb 2002 HTML


Purpose
Lessons
Use of SL Approaches
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Use of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches

Tackling poverty through a SL approach.

Livelihood changes [outcomes] may result from:

1. Understanding the livelihood and vulnerability contexts of people within two further communities in Nkandla in terms of the "five capitals" in order that three focus communities actively participate in the project.

2. Leaders within focus communities, identifying interventions with a high probability of mitigating the impact of "HIV/AIDS" on the livelihoods of these communities with respect to all "five capitals".

3. Strengthening the social capital of focus communities through clearer understanding of existing and historical institutions, and agreement on how to support the development of representative, democratic institutions that enable sustainable development for the poor.

4. Focus communities being able to apply for resources to improve their physical capital, in a way that develops local entrepreneurial capacity.

5. Focus communities being better able to access financial capital, through improved information flows, particularly for improvements in their physical capital and the establishment of local small-scale enterprises.

6. Stakeholders identifying opportunities to utilise the natural capital of Nkandla to benefit poor people.

7. Working relationships being established amongst stakeholders in public, private and civil society sectors regarding support for sustainable livelihoods at Nkandla.

Oxfam to use livelihoods and vulnerability analytical framework (LAVA) developed together with others e.g. Drought Resilient Livelihoods initiative of the Disaster Mitigation Project funded by DFID CHAD.



Other Community Development Projects:
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), Chitral Region
(Pakistan)
Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project (India)
Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (India)
Chars Livelihoods Assistance Programme (Bangladesh)
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Livelihoods Connect welcomes details of how sustainable livelihoods approaches are being used by your project. Simply complete the Sustainable Livelihoods Project Summary Form and send it as an email attachment to:

livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk.


     

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