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The Ultra Poor Program is the light house of Swayam Krishi Sangam, a
not for profit NGO operating from Hyderabad, India. In absolute and
relative terms India has the highest number of extreme poor <1 US$ a
daily income ) in the World and 'newly hungry' are added every year
more than the rest of the world combined. The Ultra Poor are faced with
multi dimensional deprivation, caught in spatial poverty traps.
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The SKS Ultra Poor Programme, scientifically targets the bottom of the
pyramid extreme poor, employing participatory identification tools. Our
intervention logic is based on seamless and integrated services in the
thematic areas of social, health and economic advancement to the
identified extreme poor households with the aim of mainstreaming and
reconnecting them to lost livelihood opportunities through a road map
of their choice. The identified partner households are invariably women
headed and most of them are destitute or below destitute.
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The graduation path is closely tracked with information loops capturing
quality life and household performance indicators. SKS Ultra Poor
Programme is deeply grounded in the philosophy and methodology of
handholding to hand in hand to shake hand within a time frame.
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most important criterion of the measure of impact of this Programme is
an orderly transition into self propelled and secured livelihoods with
elevated social and health awareness levels. |