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Felicia Builds a Better Foundation for Her Family

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June 27, 2017
Felicia was born and raised in a place called Kwaso, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She is a sixty-five-year-old widow and a mother of seve...
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Chief Marvels at Transformation of Teen Girls Club

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June 19, 2017
Since officially launching the Teen Girls Club in September 2016, the 150 teen girls we serve have been receiving reproductive health guidan...
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Safe drinking water at the San Carlos Hospital at last!

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June 16, 2017
Imagine you are a doctor working in San Carlos, Nicaragua.  A patient comes in with a case that probably requires surgery.  If you had a per...
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Quinta Lidia Primary School Opens New Library!

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June 10, 2017
By Susan Cornforth, SHI USA Staff Many schools in rural Nicaragua lack a library, making it that much more difficult for students to receive...
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A New Chapter for Ama Badu

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June 9, 2017
We are often asked how we decide which communities to serve. In Ghana, we intentionally focus on rural communities within a 25-mile radius o...
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Demonstration Plots Improve Child Nutrition

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June 1, 2017
This story is a guest post by Isaac Paul. Isaac is from Muscatine, Iowa. He took a six month leave of absence from Trioak Foods in Oakville,...
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Young Nicaraguan Poultry Producers Prove the Value of Quality Protein Maize

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May 17, 2017
Over the past few months, we’ve been working with sixteen area farm families and their children to demonstrate the nutritional value o...
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Rose Regains Her Voice

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May 9, 2017
Mr. and Mrs. Ahimah live in Beposo village with their 3 daughters; Elizabeth, Mary and Rose. It wasn’t until Elizabeth was three years...
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Commuting to Success

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March 27, 2017
I am writing to you today about Adriana because she is an outstanding example of how determination and hard work paired with resources and e...
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Why Invest in Teen Girls?

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March 14, 2017
Who is the most important woman in your life? Your mother? Your grandmother? Your daughter? Your sister? Your spouse? What if she had never ...
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Creating enterprises, ensuring sustainability

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March 6, 2017
At Self-Help, we’re all about helping people help themselves. So after we heard from the girls that they definitely liked the Days for Girls...
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Timeabu Teens: When we got our periods, we used to go hungry

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March 1, 2017
“Having the Days for Girls kits saves us money,” Mariatu said. “Yes,” Windolina chimed in, “I used to have to ...
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