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2023 Impact Report

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August 12, 2024
Self-Help International recently released a special report that outlines the impact the organization made in 2023. Through testimonials, pro...
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SHI MicroCredit supports Monica’s Bean Cake Business

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August 8, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager If ever Monica needed a change to support her family, it was in the season of no rain in...
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Iowans have responded to international crises in the past and must step up again

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June 24, 2024

Article Featured in The Des Moines Gazette Opinions Section, Published on April 21st, 2024 by Jerry Perkins |SHI Board Member

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Feeding children and providing nutrition education in Ghana

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June 24, 2024
Article Featured in Iowa Connections Summer 2024 Publication, Volume 11, Number 1 by Mary Jane Oakland |SHI Board Member We encourage you to...
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Wishing Dr. Mary Jane Oakland a Happy Birthday!

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February 28, 2024
A Message from the Rev. Dr. Mary Jane Oakland:  It’s now been six years since Benjamin Kusi, SHI Ghana Country Director, asked me a qu...
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Writing from a Nameless Community; in the middle of nowhere

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February 20, 2024
Dear friends, I received a rather unusual message from my colleague Lydia Adomako. Lydia leads our work with women’s economic empowerment in...
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300 Teenagers Attend International Day of the Girl Child

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January 31, 2024
Written by Bernice Agyekwena, Communications Manager Three hundred teenagers drawn from five communities in three districts of the Ashanti R...
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Enhancing Protein Consumption with Chickens

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January 10, 2024
By Bernice Agyekwena – Communications Manager Last year, more than 700 chickens were distributed to more than 50 clients of the Growin...
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Happy to Make Sanitary Pads for My Sisters: Munaya

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January 10, 2024
Written by Bernice Agyekwena, Ghana Communications Manager In a bid to provide enough sanitary pads for members of the Teen Girls Club scatt...
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Quality Protein Maize: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

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October 27, 2023
Quality Protein Maize By Bernice Agyekwena, SHI Ghana Communications Manager Maize remains an important staple in the diet of Ghanaians and ...
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Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

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October 27, 2023
Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes By Bernice Agyekwena, SHI Ghana Communications Manager In the year 2016, Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, and Jan...
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2023 Lunch to Empower Global Women and Holiday Happy Hour

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October 25, 2023
December 6th, 2023 Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens Click Here to be directed to the Lunch to Empower Global Women page Click Here to be...
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