Stories

A Headmaster Sees the Change Brought by the Teen Girls Club

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March 26, 2020
By Bridget Gyamfi, National Builder’s Corps (NABCO) Member Nkontomire is a small community located in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipalit...

Yugel is Relieved to Have Safe Drinking Water in Her Community

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March 26, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer Yugel is a 29-year-old single mother of three children. Her oldest daughter is ...

Felicia Takes Any Opportunity to Expand as an Entrepreneur

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March 23, 2020
By Lydia Adomako, Micro-Credit Program Officer “This organization is a wealth creation organization. When you become part of it, whatever yo...

Eva Learns the Value (and the Challenges) of Raising Chickens

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March 23, 2020
By Ebenezer Osei Jones – Graduate Entrepreneurship Program Manager Poultry, particularly chickens, is commonly kept by 90–95% of the h...

No Distance Too Far: Alima’s 3 Mile Walk to Provide Nutrition for her Family

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February 19, 2020
Nutrition plays a key role in the development of individuals, families, communities, and the nation of Ghana as a whole. The United Nations’...

Milagro Discovers Business Benefits in More Than One Self-Help Program

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January 29, 2020
By: Yolanda Fletes Rosales, Women’s Empowerment Program Officer  38-year-old Milagro lives in Quinta Lidia, Nicaragua and is a member ...

Self-Help Nicaragua Distributes Bio-fortified Beans to Expand to a New Crop

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January 24, 2020
By Jerry Perkins, Self-Help International Board Member This post goes with another post by Jorge Campos Solis, Self-Help Nicaragua Country D...

Tijani Increases Yield in Ghana

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January 22, 2020
By Emmanuel Obiri Laryea, Agriculture & Entrepreneurship Program Officer Self-Help International operates in the mostly rural Ashanti re...

Innovating Water Chlorination in Nicaragua

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January 8, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer It’s been seven years since the implementation of Self-Help International...

The 2019-2020 Cohort of “Agripreneurs” is Off to a Solid Start

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January 6, 2020
By Ebenezer Jones – Graduate Entrepreneurship Program Manager Graduate unemployment has become a major developmental challenge in Ghan...

Community Leaders are the Strongest Agents for Change

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December 20, 2019
This report was written by Latin America Program Specialist, Katie Seifert, following her October 2019 trip to Nicaragua. The Self-Help Inte...

A Daughter’s Dream, a Mother’s Determination

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December 20, 2019
By Lydia Adomako, Micro-Credit Program Officer Salamatu is a dedicated mother working hard to provide a steady source of income for her thre...
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