During year one, we use the sponsorship to focus on food, clothing, household items, and health. The family is trained twice a month by an TMA case worker to budget their new assistance based on the 80/20 principle which guides the family to live on 80% of their sponsorship, save 20%.

During the second year of sponsorship, the family is encouraged by their TMA case worker to put the children in school, purchase livestock, and begin planting their crops. During the second year we partner with experts on rural farming and livestock breeding to allow the families to have the most success possible

During the third year of sponsorship the focus becomes establishment of micro business for self-sufficiency. Throughout the entire 3 year process, families are told that the sponsorship will end in 36 months, and that their goal is to replace the monthly sponsorship money with their own business profits. During this last 12 months a family works diligently on utilising savings to move into self employment. Some of the micro business ventures are chicken or small scale crop farming and weaving.