Giving disadvantaged people skills, training, and capital to start their own small income-generating projects is more empowering and is a good way to grow local economies. It is the easiest to stop people migrating, in search of jobs to the bigger towns and cities, where the situation is not necessarily better.
We also find the model easier, which enables us to quickly move on to other areas of need. We Know with a bit of monitoring and guidance people will be able to build on their new skills and proceed to provide for their families and escape a life of perpetual begging