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MICROFINANCE

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 groups

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.

Women's support groups

MASYAP’s 31 women’s support groups meet regularly and consist of members that are infected, affected and not affected women.

These groups include widows, divorced individuals, those living with HIV, and the elderly. This content aims to shed light on the multifaceted empowerment approach adopted by MASYAP, incorporating microfinance initiatives and food relief programs to uplift the lives of these women.

MASYAP Youth Programme

The Mai Aisha Sisters and Youth AIDS Programme (MASYAP) implemented a commendable initiative by conducting follow-up visits to youth support groups comprised of individuals both infected and affected by HIV.

MASYAP Youth Support Group Outreach

MASYAP continues the support group visits which encourages them to build stronger relationships the kind of mutually supportive bonds that last a lifetime creating a very real community where no one is fake and everyone feels safe that they can

MASYAP Distributes Maize to Women, Girls and Young Mothers.

Responding to the hunger that has hit, killing most of the people in the country and with the many complaints of hunger that came in from many MASYAP members, on the 13th of December 2023, the Mai Aisha Trust donated 331 bags of maize

MASYAP HIV Testing Services in Support Groups

Knowing your HIV Status gives you powerful information to keep yourself healthy. HIV Testing allows people to make informed choices about their future practices and behaviors.

MASYAP Youth Camp and World AIDS Day Commemoration

The youth camp held from December 23rd to 26th, 2023 at Mai Halima Girls Secondary School in Mulanje, proved to be a transformative experience for the 195 participants who gathered under the theme of “Self-Awareness.”

MASYAP Support Group Outreach Programme-Youth

A support group is a gathering of people facing common issues to share what’s troubling them. Through the sharing of experiences, they are able to offer support, encouragement and comfort to the other group members and receive the same in return.

MASYAP Support Group Outreach Programme- Women and HTS

HIV is a Virus that causes AIDS and this virus destroys CD4 cells that fight against Diseases. MASYAP visited different woman and youth support Groups were we discussed ways of prevent HIV as well ways in which a human can contract HIV

MASYAP Microfinance Follow Up Visits

MASYAP continues on the journey of empowering women economically in order to reduce poverty at the household level and to help the poor with setting up their own income generating businesses.

MASYAP Couple’s Workshop

On November 11, 2023, a couple’s workshop on HIV/AIDS awareness and counselling was held at Blantyre lodge in Blantyre District. MASYAP invited facilitators from John Hopkins. The workshop was attended by 20 couples and 2 facilitators and a Sheikh. The objective of the workshop was to educate married couples on the modes of transmission and preventive measures of HIV/AIDS.