In last-mile communities, families survive on less than $0.50/day, and don't have reliable access to food, healthcare, or livelihoods. Raising The Village (RTV) is on a mission to end ultra poverty, in our lifetime.
To do so, RTV partners with last-mile communities to address ultra-poverty with a holistic, sustainable, cost-efficient poverty graduation model that secures basic needs, raises household income and fosters community development. RTV also uses innovative technology and advanced data analytics, RTV has driven impact and sustainability by transforming how data is integrated into real-time programmatic decision-making.
Through a 24-month program, Raising The Village addresses multidimensional poverty. The model delivers agricultural inputs like seed and farming tools to households living on 0.65c per day, on average. It then provides group training that covers agricultural, livestock rearing, collective selling, household management, health, water, sanitation and hygiene practices. Communities also get access to clean water, and coordinate health visits from clinics, and receive vegetable seedlings for consumption. Local leaders are then trained and village savings and loan groups created as communities themselves secure and sustain future income growth.
Since its inception, RTV has reached over 2.4 million people. They are estimated to reach over 1.6 million people in 2026 alone. In the latest graduating cohort, RTV has seen a one-time investment of $123 per household return $782 at Month 24, yielding a 535% return on investment.
