#graduation-approach

#graduation-approach

The program applies a method known as the Graduation Approach. Its basic logic: You need money to make money. Participants are typically given a grant of about $200 plus coaching to build a small business. It might be raising crops or animals, hairstyling, even selling secondhand clothes. Graduation programs have had notable success in some 20 countries. A U.N. report calls them a "promising ladder from poverty."