Luyando Women’s Group Empowering Women, Strengthening Communities
The Luyando Women’s Group brings together women from different backgrounds, skills, and education levels helping them gain practical skills, generate income, and uplift their families and communities These women live within the local community where the group is active. They are local mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters and aunts who feel strongly responsible to improve the social and economic wellbeing of their communities. Luyando Women’s group has continued to perfect their crafts. The women have also maintained the total number of members of the group. They are 15 members of Luyando Women. These women are trained in several basic surviving skills such as making Beads and handbags made of cycled polythene plastic bags and other crafts. The women have also involved in health HIV related services.
Our Skills & Activities
The women are trained in a wide range of practical survival and income-generating skills, such as:
✅ Food processing, candle making, honey processing
✅ Baking, cooking oil making, peanut butter, cheesemaking, jam making
✅ Tailoring, tie and dye fabric designs
They also upcycle local waste materials to create beautiful handmade products:
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Beads and bangles
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Handbags made from recycled polythene plastic bags
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Necklaces crafted from old newspapers
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HIV awareness flags
Community Health Outreach
Beyond skills training, the group plays an essential role in health education and community care:
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Door-to-door HIV awareness visits, especially for HIV-positive pregnant women.
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Counselling on the importance of voluntary testing and clinic attendance.
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Supporting mothers with prenatal care in areas where clinics are far away.
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Encouraging men to take an active role in family health decisions.
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Running adult literacy lessons for women who never had the chance to go to school.
Why It Matters
In John Laing, Lusaka where access to clinics and jobs is limited — these women are role models. They break barriers by learning new skills, earning an income, and helping neighbours make healthy decisions. By doing so, they uplift entire families and protect future generations.
How You Can Support the Women
Your support helps expand this life-changing work:
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Find new markets for their handmade products.
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Buy raw materials and tools for food processing and crafts.
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Sponsor small community business start-ups.
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Fund adult education for women.
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Support community health workshops and counselling programmes.
See Their Beautiful Work
From beads and bangles to colourful handbags made of recycled plastic, every item tells a story of resilience and hope. The women are proud to share these skills and train others step by step.
Micro-Finance: Women Supporting Women
The Luyando Women’s Group runs a small community micro-finance project that allows women to borrow small amounts to start or grow their businesses. When one woman borrows money, she uses it to invest in her craft, farming, or food processing — then repays the loan so another woman can borrow and do the same.
This revolving system helps more women become financially independent, support their families, and build trust within the group.
How You Can Support
Your donation can help grow this fund, giving more women the chance to start small businesses and lift themselves and each other out of povert
One woman’s success story becomes another woman’s new beginning.
