Full-time Membership > is open to any person aged between 15-35 without discrimination be it based on sex, tribe, religion, political affiliation, disability, education or otherwise. These members are required to pay a membership fee.

Affiliate Membership > available to individuals in any club, committee, association or programme that AYISE has created in the course of implementing its activities. Affiliate members may be of any age. Affiliate members may also include members of staff who in some way or the other may not meet certain criteria for full membership.

Associate Membership > is open to organisations or individuals interested in the ventures of AYISE’s objectives.

Corporate Membership > can be attained by organisations interested in AYISE’s various ventures.

1. Attendance at local, national, regional and international meetings, workshops and conferences.
2. Free access to information from our resource centre on Youth Development, HIV and AIDS and AYISE’s other programme areas.
3. Members become primary agents of employment for AYISE’s programme work. Adverts for employment are first circulated to AYISE membership. If no candidates meet the requirements, the vacancy is opened to the general public.
4. Participation in AYISE’s funded and non-funded programmes which present opportunities to develop new skills and carry out personal resource mobilisation.

AYISE’s decision to become a membership organisation has been hugely beneficial to both the membership and organisation. Members can network with international volunteers, apply for youth exchange placements abroad and develop their competency in different skills.

AYISE benefits from approximately 300 active full time members, all of whom want to contribute towards the positive development of the organisation and the nation as a whole. Each of these individuals, along with AYISE’s broader membership categories roughly has 2000 members. Members are advocates for AYISE’s objectives, and therefore advocates for positive social changes/ reforms in Malawi

1. Any young person is eligible to become a member of the organisation (where youth is defined as anyone between 15 and 35 years old). Members are required to pay a membership fee which is decided at every Annual General Meeting. This means that the membership fee is subject to change from time to time.
2. Age is not a limiting factor for affiliate and associate members. In order to become an affiliate or associate member you must have demonstrated your dedication to the organisation and expressed your interest in youth work and AYISE’s other various programmes.
3. Age is not a limiting factor for affiliate and associate members. In order to become an affiliate or associate member you must have demonstrated your dedication to the organisation and expressed your interest in youth work and AYISE’s other various programmes.
4. All individuals wishing to apply for full membership must do so in writing and will be interviewed prior to registration as a member.
5. Any member once dismissed will not be allowed to re-enrol as a  member unless the governing board decides otherwise.