Stories

Writing from a Nameless Community; in the middle of nowhere

Writing from a Nameless Community; in the middle of nowhere

Dear friends, I received a rather unusual message from my colleague Lydia Adomako. Lydia leads our work with women’s economic...

Farmers Working Together for the Common Good

Farmers Working Together for the Common Good

By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas, Agricultural Extension Program Officer Self-Help International (SHI) has a presence in many places in Nicaragua,...

300 Teenagers Attend International Day of the Girl Child

300 Teenagers Attend International Day of the Girl Child

Written by Bernice Agyekwena, Communications Manager Three hundred teenagers drawn from five communities in three districts of the Ashanti Region...

Kojo: “We Need Tarpaulins to Dry Our Maize”

Kojo: “We Need Tarpaulins to Dry Our Maize”

By Bernice Agyekwena – Communications Manager Kojo, a 66-year-old farmer and father of six children from Nyamebekyere obtained a higher...

Happy to Make Sanitary Pads for My Sisters: Munaya

Happy to Make Sanitary Pads for My Sisters: Munaya

Written by Bernice Agyekwena, Ghana Communications Manager In a bid to provide enough sanitary pads for members of the Teen...

Nora’s Pigs

Nora’s Pigs

Nora’s Pigs By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez – Nicaragua Women’s Empowerment Program Officer Nora is 33 years old and lives...

Quality Protein Maize: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Quality Protein Maize: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Quality Protein Maize By Bernice Agyekwena, SHI Ghana Communications Manager Maize remains an important staple in the diet of Ghanaians...

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes By Bernice Agyekwena, SHI Ghana Communications Manager In the year 2016, Maria Andrade, Robert Mwanga, and...

Nutrition in the First 1000 Days: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Nutrition in the First 1000 Days: Implementing lessons learned from World Food Prize Laureates

Nutrition in the First 1000 Days By Bernice Agyekwena, SHI Ghana Communications Manager For their role in championing medical and...

Preserve and Share Grains to Ensure Good Nutrition

Preserve and Share Grains to Ensure Good Nutrition

Self Help International with the aim of improving and guaranteeing daily nutrition, it works hand to hand with farmers, providing them...

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