Posts by Nora Tobin

A Field for a Classroom

A Field for a Classroom

By Beth Grabau – Development Officer, Central Iowa For farmers, the field is the classroom. However, Nicaraguan farmers often have...

Photo of Julia in her fritanga

In her own words

Meet Julia.  Since joining the micro-credit program, she and her business partner Emma have started up a “fritanga,” a restaurant...

Meet Emma

  My name is Emma, I’m 33 years old and I live in the Laurel Galan community. Laurel Galan is...

Isidro and his sons

Meet the Leadership of Los Chiles Cooperative

Self-Help partners with farm families to help them increase yields so they can grow more and better food. We pair...

Lydia Makes Progress

Lydia Makes Progress

Lydia is 36 years old and has two daughters, ages 11 and 2 ½ years old. In 2010, she made the...

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