Rebuilding livelihoods and restarting economic activity is a critical component for disaster-affected families as they restart their lives. Without support for livelihoods or widespread economic recovery, the economy of a community remains reliant on handouts and can stagnate for years following a disaster. Helping families rebuild their livelihoods through short-term employment or longer-term vocational training, enables them to become proactive agents in control of their own recovery process.

Al-Hikma Foundation has been supporting the livelihoods of the poorest people in the countries for over 10 years. We want people to be able to earn a living in a sustainable way, so they can feed their families. A large part of this work is ensuring that people have access to safe and nutritious food.

There are many reasons why a family can lose an income; illness or death of the breadwinner or the loss of land or livestock. Al Hikma Foundation helps put families back on the road to a normal life. Through our training projects we teach young people skills like computing and welding. Al-Hikma Foundation provides families with farming and business advice as well as small, interest-free loans so that they can start to earn a living with dignity. It is often all it takes to help put an entire family back on the road to recovery.