Growing and Intensifying Challenges
Over 6 to 8 million people live across urban informal settlements nationwide. An average household of 4 to 10 members crowds into small one- or two-roomed 6-square-meter mud-and-brick shacks, with female-headed households making up more than a quarter of the total.
Meanwhile, rural farming communities remain trapped in subsistence farming. 49% of youth are classified as Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET). 53% of households are losing up to 70% of their income to expensive imported synthetic farm inputs. Numbers continue to grow.
The complexity of our working environment is changing rapidly, but TTI remains resolute in its desire to carry out life-changing work.
The New Dynamic: From Crisis to Resilience
The international community is increasingly recognizing that more must be done to move vulnerable populations exposed to structural shocks and ecological pressures beyond the cycle of acute vulnerability and toward long-term resilience. Key to achieving this is strengthening local capacities by deploying holistic interventions to stabilize and support community systems, enabling populations to transition securely from mere survival to lasting self-reliance.
