Poverty Eradication Initiative, Giving hope to people

Our work

Enterprise & Livelihood Development

Income-generating models that also deliver services, such as village birthing stations run by midwives.

SDG 1SDG 8
Overview

Enterprise & Livelihood Development at PEI

PEI designs livelihood models that pay for themselves and serve the community. The clearest example is our community midwife model, where trained midwives run village birthing stations as small businesses.

  • Community midwife enterprises
  • Micro-franchise health models
  • Skills for small business
  • Livelihood recovery after disasters
Support this work 1 project
Enterprise & Livelihood Development
7

birthing stations

Up to 3×

increase in midwives' income

Projects

Enterprise & Livelihood Development projects

UmeedSey Micro Health Franchise
Enterprise & Livelihood DevelopmentOct 2012 – Oct 2014

UmeedSey Micro Health Franchise

Peri-urban Peshawar District

A social enterprise model for mother and newborn care that combines a sustainable business model, m-health and franchising. Selected by Grand Challenges Canada in 2011 for a seed grant. Technical solution by FINCON.

7birthing stations
Up to 3×increase in midwives' income
Project details
  • 7 birthing stations set up as franchises
  • Midwives trained and supplied, with continuous expert advice
Sponsor / partner
Grand Challenges Canada
Value
PKR 50 million
Provinces
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Related work

All areas

Health

Upgrading public hospitals, training health workers and getting medicines to the people who need them most.

SDG 3

Nutrition

Treating acute malnutrition in children and helping families prevent stunting at home.

SDG 2SDG 3

Tech-Based Innovation

Mobile health, digital referral and data systems that connect village health workers to specialists.

SDG 3SDG 9

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