Creation of livelihood through providing marketable skills to women and rural youth. Development Alternatives has undertaken major initiatives to promote sustainable livelihood opportunities by enhancing the skills of the marginalised sections of the society, including women, the young and the artisans and facilitating the setting up of social enterprise models called ‘Green Enterprises’.

The organisation perceives ‘Green’ Jobs as safe and dignified occupations, instrumental in creating income and social security for people. Green jobs provide entrepreneurial opportunities that create pathways out of poverty, while reducing carbon dependency, regenerating the natural resource base and contributing towards sustainable growth of the national economy.