A bus ticket out of poverty
Company is closed
Event Year: 2016
Company is closed
Event Year: 2016
No Lean Season was an initiative designed to mitigate the adverse effects of seasonal poverty on impoverished rural agricultural communities by facilitating labor mobility and boosting income. The program, rigorously tested within Evidence Action Beta's portfolio, provided a $20 travel subsidy to extremely poor rural laborers. This subsidy enabled a family member to seek employment in a nearby city during the lean season—the period between planting and harvesting when rural areas face job scarcity, income loss, and food insecurity. Seasonal poverty affects an estimated 600 million people globally. By securing temporary employment during this challenging period, households could afford to provide an additional meal per day for each family member, totaling approximately 500 extra meals throughout the lean season.
No Lean Season was an initiative designed to mitigate the adverse effects of seasonal poverty on impoverished rural agricultural communities by facilitating labor mobility and boosting income. The program, rigorously tested within Evidence Action Beta's portfolio, provided a $20 travel subsidy to extremely poor rural laborers. This subsidy enabled a family member to seek employment in a nearby city during the lean season—the period between planting and harvesting when rural areas face job scarcity, income loss, and food insecurity. Seasonal poverty affects an estimated 600 million people globally. By securing temporary employment during this challenging period, households could afford to provide an additional meal per day for each family member, totaling approximately 500 extra meals throughout the lean season.
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2017
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2017
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