AHADI

DREAMS-style economic strengthening for sex workers in Azimio

30 sex workers in Azimio start a 12-week financial literacy and savings cycle pegged to ASUTA's WORTH+ curriculum, adapted for short AHADI runway.

ProjectAHADI Project · PEPFAR/USAID — KVP outreach in Temeke
Published08 Dec 2023
LocationTemeke Municipality · Dar es Salaam
Field Dispatch

30 sex workers in Azimio start a 12-week financial literacy and savings cycle pegged to ASUTA's WORTH+ curriculum, adapted for short AHADI runway.

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Why economic

HIV prevention without an exit ramp from sex work is a half-intervention. The compressed AHADI timeline forced a tighter curriculum — 12 weeks instead of 26 — but kept the savings-group spine.

02

Cohort one

30 women, four savings groups, average weekly contribution TZS 4,500. Two groups are already piloting joint mama-ntilie ventures.

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