Team Collaboration

About FAAD

FAAD is committed to addressing poverty among women and girls living with HIV through economic empowerment and gender inequality in all the work that we do. Our approach goes beyond responding to gender differences and aims to help transform social and cultural norms.

Pushback against gender equality and human rights is growing in Malawi through punitive and regressive policies. FAAD is implementing evidence-driven and community-led projects that address poverty by expanding access to social economic services and addressing gender inequality in rural villages where the most marginalized and vulnerable women and girls live.

The Actions for Community Transformation (ACT) Project

ACT is a community-driven and owned initiative which was developed by women living with HIV and is managed by them. With FAAD providing technical and financial support, ACT is addressing the deep-rooted causes of poverty, inequality, discrimination, gender-based violence and promoting health and well-being for 11,000 women and girls living with HIV.

Objective

To enhance economic resilience, financial empowerment by expanding financial choices and promoting inclusive economic development, particularly for women and girls living with HIV.

ACT Key Components

Microfinancing and Cooperatives: ACT strengthens access to financial services through microfinance programs leveraging microfinance models, SACCOs and VSLAs to provide women and girls with financial resources to start businesses and improve livelihoods.

Women's Economic Empowerment: Gender-responsive financial programs focusing on financial literacy training, entrepreneurship support, access to credit, and business management training.

Child and Girl Focused Financial Education: Financial literacy programs teaching money management skills from an early age to foster future economic independence.

Alternative Livelihoods: Promoting regenerative agriculture, crafts, and small businesses to enable women and youth to diversify their income streams for greater economic stability.

Our Mission

To drive transformative change by implementing strategies that uplift marginalized communities and provide sustainable solutions for long-term impact.

1
Scaling up programs that expand access to social economic services for women and girls living with HIV.
2
Removing human rights and gender-related barriers to health.
3
Supporting comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights.
4
Developing programs that amplify the voices and priorities of women and girls living with HIV, particularly adolescent girls and young women.
5
Collecting, analyzing and using age- and sex-disaggregated data to identify drivers of poverty and inequality and inform responses.