Stories

No More Stunting in Beposo: Self-Help’s “Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children” Program

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October 16, 2018
By Jerry Perkins and Nora Tobin This article originally appeared in the Des Moines Register on October 14, 2018. Reprinted with permission. ...

I Am Amos

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October 15, 2018
I am Amos and I am 8 months old, and you see me in this picture riding on my mother’s back, as she weeds and cultivates the orange fleshed s...

Nicaragua Training Center Participants Implement Lessons Learned for Success

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October 2, 2018
For this update on the Fred Strohbehn Training Center in Quinta Lidia, Self-Help International’s Nicaragua team decided to share some first-...

The Fight Against Fall Armyworm Infestation, Part III: The Value in Farmer Education And Hands on Training

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September 21, 2018
Story by: Bernard Frimpong Bannor “Last season, armyworm attacked my 2 acre maize farm. It was scary. I’ve been farming for the past 10 year...

How Akua Went From Sharecropper to Small Business Owner

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September 13, 2018
By Elizabeth Adu-Opoku, Micro-credit Program Officer, Ghana Akua, 50, is married to Emmanuel. The couple have four children: Charles, Isaac,...

Clean water & new restrooms at training center

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September 11, 2018
The Fred Strohbehn Training Center in Nicaragua now has a new water tank installed to provide clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of trai...

Put a Little Love in Your Heart

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September 11, 2018
Self-Help Board Meeting Devotions by Nancy Ross, Board Member This past week a communication from my church – First Presbyterian in Io...

13,577 homes in Nicaragua now have clean water!

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September 11, 2018
By Orlando Montiel Salas As of April 2018, we have made 10 visits to the rural communities of San Miguelito, El Castillo, Nueva Guinea, and ...

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine

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August 14, 2018
By Patience Obour, Ghana Micro-credit Program Officer In rural Ghana, it is a common sight to see school children in torn uniforms. Some of ...

A Single Mother’s Refuge

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August 6, 2018
By Jesse Jackson Sarkodie, Nutrition Program Officer Janet (8) and her sister Abigail (6) live with their mom, Grace, in Beposo in the Atwim...

Learning by Doing: Rosa’s Story

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August 2, 2018
My name is Rosa Candida Sequeira. I am from the Laurel Galán community, located 3 kms from the Self-Help International main office. I am 56 ...

Using Instant Messaging Technology to Share Information with Corn Producers in Nicaragua

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July 23, 2018
By Jorge Luis Campos Solis, SHI Nicaragua Country Director. Translated and edited by William Edwards, SHI Board member, and Caroline Scott, ...
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