1. Sustainable Livelihoods
Livelihood Awareness Session
Sustainable Livelihoods
Sustainable livelihood refers to people’s capacity to generate and maintain their means of living, and enhance their own well-being as well as that of future generations.
A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with, and recover from, stresses and shocks, and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, both now and in the future, while not undermining the natural resource base.

2. Sustainable Livelihoods
Livelihood Awareness Session
Sustainable Livelihoods
HUMAN
A household member, who used to work and contribute a regular salary, drowned in the flooding.
SOCIAL
Communities may be forced to flee from conflict, with the resulting alteration of their social networks.
PHYSICAL
A hurricane may cause loss of seeds or disruption of the power supply, interfering with agricultural or trading activities.
FINANCIAL
Drought may cause the death of a herd of cattle which represented a person’s life savings.
NATURAL
Agricultural land may be unusable after landslides or tsunamis.

3. Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
Livelihood Awareness Session
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

4. Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
Livelihood Awareness Session
Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
The objectives people
have
What people have / have access to
Causes of vulnerability
Governance environment
What
people do

5. Vulnerability and Resilience
Livelihood Awareness Session
Vulnerability and Resilience
Vulnerability refers to a household’s or community’s level of risk to threats to their lives and livelihoods. A community’s vulnerability is determined by its ability to cope with risks and shocks.
Resilience refers to the capacity of individuals and their communities to resist, cope with, and recover from, a disaster or conflict.
More resilience means less vulnerability.
Source: IFRC (2008). What is VCA?