Stories

Arthur Shows the Way to Minimize Recent Graduate Unemployment in Ghana

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December 12, 2018
By Bernard Frimpong Bannor, Agriculture & Entrepreneurship Program Officer Unemployment has become a major developmental issue in Ghana....

From Share Cropper to Proud Grocery Store Owner, Alijatu’s Story

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December 3, 2018
“Many ladies think getting married is the solution to their financial problems. They expect their partner to provide for all their needs and...

A Look Inside the Happier Lives of Nicaraguans with Clean Water

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November 29, 2018
In the village of Rubén Darío, located in the Nueva Guinea municipality of southern Nicaragua, live 450 people, settled in 80 houses. Most o...

Self-Help International Reaches New Communities on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua

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November 13, 2018
Out in the middle of the waters of Lake Nicaragua sits Ometepe Island, a lush, green piece of land stretching 19 miles long and and six mile...

Progress Report: Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children

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November 12, 2018
By Mary Jane Oakland, PhD Since I last wrote to you just after returning from Ghana in February, Self-Help’s team in Ghana wasted no time in...

Vera’s Story, Moving Forward to Senior High School

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November 9, 2018
Vera Boamah, now in her first year of senior high school at Wesley High School in the town of Bekwai, shared with Self-Help International’s ...

How Self-Help is Changing Lives of Nicaraguan Farmers Through Education & Conversation

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October 26, 2018
By Jorge Campos, Nicaragua Country Director Faced with the challenge of feeding the poorest families in southeastern Nicaragua, our organiza...

Community School Leaders Commend School Feeding Program

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October 24, 2018
Amidu lives in the rural village of Ama Badu in Ghana and serves as the PTA chairman of the local primary school.  He lives with his family,...

Infant Malnutrition and What Our New Program is Doing About It: Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children

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October 16, 2018
by Katie Jackson, Communications Intern, and Megan Sehr, Development Director In Roger Thurow’s recently published book, The First 1,000 Day...

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 permis...

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-...
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