I was reading the evaluations today from Malian women who participated in one of our programs that meets weekly in a very poor rural community.  As a result of their participation, most of them acknowledged similar benefits such as an increase in income, an improved diet and better knowledge of preventative practices.  These were our goals, so were happy to see them confirmed.  However one of the points of  evaluations is learn other outcomes of the program, positive or negative, that we hadn’t predicted may happen.

This is an example of one in particular that caught my eye:

Participating in a (…..) group requires bathing before and dressing well for weekly meetings, which causes our husbands to notice and treat us differently (better).

Looking good

Looking good