Empowering women across Malawi
Our programme is a core part of our operations and our goal of helping women to fight the effects of HIV/AIDS by tackling poverty, which is a key driver of HIV/AIDS in Malawi and most parts of the world.
Youth programmes were established in 2015 and now there are 30 youth support groups. They are comprised of girls that are infected and those that are not infected by the virus.
MASYAP’s 31 women’s support groups meet regularly and consist of members that are infected, affected and not affected women.
Last week, MASYAP visited Nchalo, to the south of Blantyre, in order to conduct HIV testing. Our Support Group Coordinator and our Youth and HTC Officer both talked to the women about HIV, before giving a small quiz on the
Due to the success of MASYAP’s visit to Mulanje in April, this month we returned to continue the work that we started last time. The day started with a talk about HIV/AIDS given by our Support Group Coordinator, who talked
World Appeal has donated a further £4,000 to MASYAP, £2,000 of which was donated by Challney Girls School in Luton. Thanks so much! Half of this will go towards expanding MASYAP’s recently created youth microfinance scheme (read more here), allowing
Our first newsletter of 2016 is available below. Please have a look, it has been a very busy few months for MASYAP! MASYAP quarterly newsletter April 2016 Please get in contact if you would like a copy emailed to you
At the end of February, MASYAP were one of the beneficiaries of a fundraiser held at Ryall’s Hotel, Blantyre, by Road to Relief. The African-themed event started off with entertainment like traditional music and dances, before a meal, raffle and
MASYAP has begun to expand its microfinance scheme to some of the youth we work with; in total, 26 girls will be involved in the pilot scheme. At the beginning of this week, 17 girls from around Blantyre received microfinance
On Saturday 19th March MASYAP visited Mulanje, an area just outside Blantyre, to conduct HIV testing and counselling. The day started with a talk about HIV, followed by a quiz to test the knowledge they had been given.
Have a look at the MASYAP January newsletter below, and get in contact if you’d like these emailed to you every few months! MASYAP quarterly newsletter January
MASYAP was featured in the Malawian national newspaper, ‘The Daily Times’ as part of their world AIDS day supplement. See the article below:
In celebration of World AIDS day (held internationally on 1st December), MASYAP had its own event with stakeholders, press and 360 MASYAP members in attendance. MASYAP women and youth members enjoyed presenting poems, drama performances and songs to the other