An Ethiopian single mother.  Street children living in the slums of Nairobi.  A volunteer at an HIV care center in Kenya.  A group of artisans based in Addis Ababa.

These are all community participants - people who, through their participation in ReachUp! - have been empowered to follow their passion and create sustainable livelihoods.

Sustainable livelihood refers to the ability to put food on the table and meet all the other basic needs such as health, shelter and education for one's family.  To be sustainable, a livelihood must offer continuity by enabling people to cope with and manage change and to engage in lifelong learning.  Technology is very much part of this picture because it can enable people, communities and society at large to meet the demands of the 21st century.

Read what one participant, Said Noor, has to say about ReachUp!:

"I have gained so much from the ReachUp! program.  There are so many to list but I think I benefited most from the session on how to conduct research on a project.  I have begun a project for making soap and I have even managed to sell some, thanks to the marketing skills I got through the ReachUp! program." 

-- Said Noor -- Junior Councillor and community beneficiary