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Clean Water Program Brings Much Needed Trainings to Community Leaders

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December 21, 2018
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer The clean water program, promoted by Self-Help International in Nicaragua, impl...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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