What Happens After the Training Ends?
BetterLife tracks whether people are using what they learnt, whether families are growing more food, whether incomes are becoming more stable and whether communities are better placed to face the next shock.
Impact is a woman harvesting vegetables from a sack garden beside her home instead of buying everything at the market.
It is a young refugee starting a poultry business and trading with the host community.
It is a farmer checking market information before deciding where to sell.
It is a child using a computer or opening a climate book for the first time.
It is a household cooking with biogas instead of spending hours looking for firewood.
These changes may begin with one activity. Their value lies in what becomes possible afterwards.
Knowledge of climate-smart agriculture among the structured training cohort rose from 22 per cent to 92 per cent. Women adopted sack and box gardening, composting, mulching and drought-tolerant crops, while participating households reported lower spending on vegetables.
Read the Yumbe Case Study
Seventy-eight per cent of participants moved into sustainable income pathways, 85 per cent reported stronger refugee-host relationships and food insecurity in target groups fell by 40 per cent.
Read the SMILES Case Study
More than 4,500 learners have taken part in climate education, practical environmental action, debate and digital learning through BetterLife-supported schools and learning spaces.
Read the Education Case StudyWe publish reports so that communities, partners and the public can see what we did, what changed and where we still need to improve.
