Fissabilaye is a grassroots association created on 22 July 2009 in Ségou by elderly women cured from leprosy. Its headquarters are in Ségou Koura.  Its aim is to promote the rights of people who recovered from leprosy and to encourage their social inclusion in the community.

These projects are based on local initiatives and come from the members themselves. The Fissabilaye organisation guides, stimulates and supports its various members with the assistance of financial partners and the Malian administration. They therefore ensure the search for funding, the setting up of a good presentation to give credibility to each action, follow-up and reflection.

The project Humanisation des blanchies de la lèpre / Humanisation of Leprosy Patients focuses on promoting the inclusion of leprosy patients in society through their empowerment in the province of Segou.

It will provide an opportunity for older women who have been cured from leprosy to express themselves freely, to make their voices heard and to claim their civic participation in order to fight against the marginalisation and exclusion they face. The project will enable older women cured from leprosy to gain confidence, develop leadership skills and deconstruct the myths and superstitions surrounding leprosy. Debates through social media and other playful and expressive approaches (theatre, writing personal stories, sharing experiences, testimonies) will be developed by the project.