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

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September 21, 2018
By Bernard Frimpong Bannor “Last season, armyworm attacked my 2 acre maize farm. It was scary. I’ve been farming for the past 10 years, and ...
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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,...
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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...
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13,577 homes in Nicaragua now have clean water!

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