An Integrated Approach to Alternative Livelihoods: Lessons from Nepal

This learning document, produced by SCALE and Save the Children, centers on focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) done with the Sabal DFSA in Nepal that explores the strengths and challenges of the activity’s alternative livelihoods work.

Led by Save the Children, Sabal is a consortium of 24 organizations with cross-sectoral interventions including three primary Purposes: 1) Livelihoods, 2) Health and Nutrition, and 3) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)/Governance. Sabal’s approach to strengthening increased access to and availability of food includes both traditional agriculture production and income support and an integrated alternative livelihoods component.