prbpcoordination@igad.int
A marketable skill in the borderlands means little without demand. Savings have limited value without access to Shariah-compliant finance. Many small enterprises struggle to grow without access to services, buyers, and reliable market information. The borderlands marketplace is fluid and at times feels saturated by products, then goes off-stock when triggered by natural disasters such as floods, droughts, etc
BORESHA-NABAD addresses these constraints by strengthening the systems that enable women and youth to participate more competitively in local and cross-border economies. Rather than focusing on one-off livelihood support, the programme connects demand-led TVET, VSLAs, business coaching, mentorship, financial inclusion and private-sector engagement to real market opportunities.
The programme also facilitates co-investment in value chains with strong local relevance, including livestock, fodder, honey, petty trade, services and cross-border trade. It brokers linkages between entrepreneurs, financial service providers, business development actors, input suppliers, agro-vets, buyers and local market actors.
In the livestock sector, BORESHA-NABAD reinforces the service systems that pastoralist economies depend on, such as animal health, CAHW/CDR networks, last mile delivery of animal health products,, drought-resilient fodder production and disease surveillance.
By connecting skills, savings, services and markets, BORESHA-NABAD enables women, youth, pastoralists and small enterprises to move from survival-based activity into more structured economic participation.
· Strengthening skills-to-market opportunities by aligning TVET with local labour demand and value chains, enabling youth to transition from training into employment, self-employment, and enterprise development in services, renewable energy, construction, and ICT sectors.
· Building inclusive financial systems, by strengthening VSLA networks as entry points into financial inclusion, linking savings groups to business mentorship, enterprise support services, and market actors to enable graduation into structured and sustainable enterprise activity.
· Strengthening livestock and fodder value chain systems, by supporting farmer groups and LCIGs as market actors, improving aggregation, input supply, and market coordination, and linking producers to veterinary services, agro-dealers, and buyers while expanding drought-resilient fodder markets.
· Strengthening agricultural production and value chain systems, by promoting climate-smart and cooperative production models, supporting crop-sharing arrangements, improving access to irrigation and inputs, and strengthening linkages between producers, extension services, and private sector actors.
· Strengthening livestock health service systems, by reinforcing last-mile animal health delivery through CAHW networks, improving disease surveillance and reporting systems through digital adoption, and enhancing public–private coordination between government, agro-vets, and community service providers to reduce systemic risk in livestock economies
· Skills-to-market systems strengthened, with 630 TVET graduates equipped with demand-responsive skills linked to local labour markets
· Financial inclusion systems expanded, with 2,537 VSLA members receiving business mentorship and strengthened enterprise pathways
· Livestock value chain systems reinforced, with 2,356 actors trained in livestock health and fodder production systems
· Animal health service delivery systems scaled, reaching 820,000 livestock through coordinated vaccination campaigns
· Decentralised animal health service systems strengthened, with 94 CAHWs/CDRs trained for last-mile surveillance and service delivery
· Digital governance systems for animal health improved, with 28 veterinary officers trained in reporting and epidemiological data systems
· Behaviour change and market information systems strengthened, reaching communities through 18 radio shows and 72 barazas on disease reporting
