Background
ARAVALI is engaged in building organizational and programme capacities
of NGOs in the State of Rajasthan. The package of support provided by
ARAVALI includes the more generic human resource, organizational,
technical, and institutional development inputs as also sector-specific
support for implementing Natural Resource Management, Microfinance, and
Livelihood development initiatives.
It is now well known that the poor households derive their livelihoods
from a number of different activities, spanning different sectors and
sub-sectors. At the same time, the portfolio of livelihood activities
performed by a household is unique, and there is a need to bring about
an overall increase in the household income, rather than altering the
proportions contributed by different activities. Supporting and
promoting livelihoods of the poorest and the most vulnerable section of
the society, thus, requires an integrated approach that also
concentrates on the household as a unit. This realisation has led to the
conceptualisation of Family Livelihood Resource Centre (FLRC) approach
for the customised diagnosis, design, and delivery of livelihood support
inputs required by each family in an area, to come out of the poverty
trap on a permanent basis. These inputs can be in the form of
information, technical, institutional, or business development support
provided to increase the household’s access to livelihood
assets/resources or to opportunities for income generation, or for
vulnerability and risk reduction.
Objectives
The main objective of ARAVALI in establishing FLRCs is to enable
aggregation of support inputs pertaining to various sectors and
sub-sectors, and their delivery as part of a more focused livelihood
intervention with the identified, poorest of the poor families in an
area.
The objective of the FLRC will be to develop and deliver a customised
package of livelihood resources and support services, for sustainable
income generation and enterprise promotion, of the poorest and the most
vulnerable households in its area.
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