Women’s support groups updates
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Chairladies’ meeting: “Fostering unity through effective leadership”
Chairladies from Blantyre, Thyolo, Chiradzulu and Zomba discussed what divides groups and how good leaders bring everyone along.
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Support group visits build stronger, self-reliant groups
MASYAP staff visited youth and women’s groups to review progress, offer guidance and encourage members to stay active.
Programme updateWomen’s groups: “a problem shared is half solved”
Visits to women’s groups encouraged members to support each other, and covered hygiene, nutrition and childcare.
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March 2025 outreach: health education and food aid for 11 groups
MASYAP visited 11 support groups to talk about health and to bring food relief during a period of food insecurity.
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Women’s outreach: managing the home well
MASYAP’s outreach teaches women how organising time, money and energy at home leads to less stress and healthier families.
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Outreach to 12 groups: home-based care, HIV updates and netball
MASYAP visited 12 groups in Thyolo and Blantyre to follow up on progress, train members in home-based care and share the latest on HIV/AIDS.
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October 2024 outreach: 12 groups in Zomba, Thyolo and Blantyre
MASYAP visited 12 women’s and youth groups to encourage members in their microfinance and community activities.
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Follow-up visits to 12 support groups
The MASYAP team visited 12 support groups to make sure each one keeps thriving and members get the support they need.
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First women’s chairladies’ meeting of 2024
Chairladies shared the challenges facing their groups, including hunger and the cost of further education, and agreed an action plan.
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How MASYAP supports vulnerable women
Our women’s groups include widows, divorced women, women living with HIV and elderly women. We combine microfinance, food relief, health education an…
Programme updateWeekly visits: HIV, mental health and other health issues
Weekly visits to women’s groups follow up on progress and raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, mental health and other serious health issues.
EventWomen’s chairladies’ meeting: breaking the silence around HIV
Chairladies discussed how silence, fear and myths about HIV stop people getting tested and treated.