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Savings Groups Help Rural Women Affected by HIV/Aids

A poor and HIV-positive South African may well hear advice about "living positively" with HIV, but this is guidance that many find impossible to follow. Joining a Savings and Credit Group formed by SaveAct, a South African NGO, is giving many women hope and opportunity.

Annie Rose Barber

Community group learns about saving in Xaxazana district of Eastern Cape, South Africa

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    allAfrica, 29 August 2011

    Nearly 10 years ago Zandile Malgas was rushed to hospital, declared dead, then woke up to find herself in a morgue. At this point she began to take her HIV status seriously, and… Read more »

  • South Africa:  No More Loan Sharks

    allAfrica, 29 August 2011

    There are 10 people in Noamen Nongezi's household, including her husband and their three children, two children orphaned when her two sisters died of Aids, a child that her husband… Read more »

  • South Africa:  Poor Make Money by Saving in Groups

    allAfrica, 12 August 2011

    Bongiwe Dlamini thinks back to the financial crisis she faced a few years ago, a time when she was so deep in debt that she could not even buy for groceries for her family. Read more »

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