Poverty alleviation through a gender lens What does poverty mean
to women of my community? This is the question we have always
asked to be able to meet the needs and aims of our projects.
Poverty to them is the inability to send their children to
school, to be able to own a piece of farm land and the inability
to rare life stock. It is generally the lack of capabilities
which explain why they cannot carry out activities themselves.
They are deprived of certain basic resources, either by the
leaders of the community or by their gender type. Understanding
their needs was the key point through which their livelihood and
standard of living could be improved. This would eventually lead
to a trickle effect to alleviate poverty. Yedia Foundation works
mostly on projects related to agriculture and education. We
focus mostly on the women and children, especially those who
have been affected either directly or indirectly by HIV/AIDS.
The situation of OVC´s (orphans and vulnerable children); women
and the girl child in