Give them livestock, which is not as seasonal as farming, and produces about 2x the hourly income. Teach them how to care for the livestock. This generates more income, and allows them to start using Micro financing, whereas before the livestock, the community deemed them worthless and would not allow them access to it.
Its a very expensive (relative) program to initiate, but yeilds very positive results.
Its a very expensive (relative) program to initiate, but yeilds very positive results.