The purpose of this sub-component is to provide poor women with a sustainable source of livelihood. Under this component assets were created for poor women by providing them two goats. Mostly in rural areas livestock is primarily a women’s activity. Women fond of keeping small ruminants and large cattle; they value this asset as gold jewels. Due to limited resources and poverty most of the households cannot afford to buy their own livestock and many share ownership of livestock with landlords under various exploitative arrangements that define their share in the produce and off-spring. This sharing arrangement limits the returns to women. By providing them with their own livestock in form of small ruminants, the project aimed to assist women break the vicious cycle of poverty and create their own incomes.