Grandmothers play an extremely important role for SSI participants and beneficiaries. For most of them, their grandmothers are their primary and often their only caretaker. We therefore maintain a close relationship through our Grannies Tea Group, where we provide SASA! training. SASA! [Start, Awareness, Support, Action] is a community mobilization methodology used to fight violence against women in the community.

Our grannie trainee cohorts are empowered to identify cases of gender-based violence in their communities and learn what they can do about it. This initiative was launched as a way to empower key members of the community to help SSI break these cycles of inter-generational violence in response to the growing number of cases of violence against women and children that continue to emerge.