Store: Another way to support Self-Help.
Self-Help provides a nutritious meal for about 21 cents. This porridge is made from Quality Protein Maize(QPM), a pinch of barley malt, and some sugar. Kids 6-months to 6-years flock to our feeding centers from the surrounding hills and villages for this once-a-day, weekday meal… and for some it may be the only food they get that day. Help alleviate malnutrition and all the disease that prey on hungry and starving children.
Buy a palm-oil press: $300
In Ghana, one of the major small businesses is producing palm oil. Women gather palm nuts then boil, pound, and press these kernels until they yield a product that is as useful as soybean oil in the United States. It lubricates, feeds, and fuels – and it provides a profit for those who have the capacity to stand the long, grueling, and physical work it takes to make.
Buy 50 chicks to start a poultry business: $75
We fund all sorts of animal husbandry enterprises in Nicaragua and Ghana but chickens continue to be a favorite. They are protein machines! Not only do they produce eggs to be eaten or sold, but eventually they end up on the family
table. In protein-deficient areas of the world, any time we can improve their diets is the best opportunity to thwart sickness and improve health.
Provide cups to feed 20 infants every day: $10
The barley malt (called Power Flour) not only adds a bit of nutrition to Self-Help's porridge, it also liquifies it. That makes it especially useful for weaning children (6 months+) who come to the feeding centers. Self-Help is always in need of new sippy cups that feed pre-school kids and you can give 20 for only $10.
Buy a silo to increase harvest: $175
A silo increases the corn harvest by 37% for the people in Ghana and Nicaragua. Silos also provide a place to keep shelled corn that may otherwise be unprotected. They also protect against mold,insects, and vermin.
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