Funded by Unilever's Enhancing Livelihoods Fund, the training programme relies heavily on videos produced in local languages by local people who have often never touched a camera.
Those little "carbon bonuses", however, add up - and caught the attention of the Livelihoods Funds, which invest money for food giants like Mars, Danone, and others.
The pot of money is growing, but investors also said they left $3.1 billion waiting in the wings - and that's enough to launch 30 Livelihoods Funds or help tens of millions of farmers like Mayende.
The Livelihoods Funds buck that trend, because they explicitly don't buy land, but instead work with hundreds of thousands of small, independent farmers, and they're not alone.
In 2007, the Global Environmental Facility's Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) Support funded the 'Alternative Livelihood Options for the Indigenous Community of Rukha' programme with US$31,845.
They support funds for the livelihoods project and the anti-trafficking training work.
The integration of ecosystem services in ecological restoration projects presents an opportunity for enhancing benefits to human livelihood and funding sources as well as generating public support for such initiatives.
"I have seen a lot of friends, good people, ethical like myself put out of business and lose their entire livelihood or pension fund because of the constant harassment they received.
In October, Kweli, alongside his Action Support Committee, helped launch the Ferguson Defense Fund via crowdfunding site Indiegogo in an effort to raise money for the livelihood and legal funds of peaceful protestors.
However, the total ration amount provided frequently depends on access to markets, livelihood opportunities, donor funding, and supply chain logistics.
