Microenterprises Graduation Program
Civicom Aid’s projects are designed, implemented, managed, and owned by ultra-poor communities in remote villages, drylands, and urban slums. Many rely on microfarming and microbusiness for survival, yet limited resources and skills, and climate change keep them vulnerable.
With coaching, capital, and social support, these communities strengthen food security, create sustainable jobs, and build lasting self-reliance.
Coaching
Civicom Aid provides tailored coaching to marginalized microfarmers and microbusiness owners.
Capital
Civicom Aid provides targeted capital to marginalized microfarmers and microbusiness owners.
Social Support
Civicom Aid provides continuous social support to marginalized microfarmers and microbusiness owners.
Join Us
You can donate, partner, fundraise, or volunteer to support a graduation hub below. Contact us for details.
Current Projects
Many households in Likoni slum in Mombasa Kenya, depend on small businesses but lack basic business skills, startup capital, and social support. As a result, many micro-businesses fail early, keeping families in poverty. Women, youth, children, and people with disabilities are the most affected due to limited education, job shortages, and poor access to markets and finance. COVID-19 and climate change have further reduced incomes and livelihood options.
Civicom Aid strengthens local businesses through practical coaching, access to capital, and peer support networks. The project targets at least 70% of supported households to improve business survival and growth. Expected results include new job creation, increased household income, improved food security and food safety, and stronger, more resilient livelihoods—especially for women-, youth-, and disability-led enterprises.
Farming in rural Kaliro is declining due to barren land, brittle soils, water runoff, and frequent crop pests and diseases. Family farmers lack skills in regenerative farming, climate resilience, and simple AI tools for early pest and disease detection. As a result, productivity has dropped sharply. Women farmers’ yields have fallen from about 3,000 kg to 200 kg per year, causing hunger and income loss. Children drop out of school, youth migrate to towns for work, and people with disabilities have limited livelihood options.
Civicom Aid supports family farmers through hands-on coaching, access to small capital, and strong social support. We promote regenerative farming, water conservation, climate-smart practices, and digital tools. The project aims to restore productivity on 60% of supported farms and increase food production and income by 50% for women-, youth-, and disability-led households within ten years.
Farming in Turkana faces severe challenges: barren land, brittle soils, water runoff, few trees, and frequent crop pests and diseases. Family farmers lack skills in regenerative farming, climate resilience, and simple AI tools for pest detection, causing productivity to fall sharply. Women’s crop yields have dropped from 3,000 kg to 150 kg per year, leading to hunger, school dropouts, youth migration, and abandoned farms.
Civicom Aid supports farmers with hands-on coaching, access to small capital, and social support. We promote regenerative farming, tree planting, water conservation, climate-smart practices, and AI-based pest management.
The project aims to restore productivity on 60% of supported farms and increase household food production and income by 50% for women-, youth-, and disability-led households, improving food security, livelihoods, and climate resilience.