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Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children

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March 14, 2018
1 in 4 Children Self-Help International has been instrumental in starting feeding programs in primary schools in rural villages in the Ashan...
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Against the odds, Augustine starts school

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March 8, 2018
By Jesse Jackson Sarkodie – School Feeding Program Officer & Nutritionist Augustine was born into a broken home. But thanks to you...
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Building a Business, Providing Lunch for School Children

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March 8, 2018
Lorenza Leonor Maradiaga Aguilar, 43, is a native of the Los Chiles community, about 30 kms from the big city of San Carlos. She and her hus...
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25 Miles Away from Her Dreams

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March 1, 2018
Six months ago, Farida, 18, started her first day of high school. It was a dream come true. She did her best in junior high, studying hard i...
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Empowering Women in Nkawie: Listening to their Needs

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February 8, 2018
“This motivated me to advertise Self-Help to others making them know how reliable and effective the organization is; ready to help them impr...
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Stoves Improving Health & Benefiting 96 Families!

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January 20, 2018
In the area of San Carlos, Rio San Juan, around 96 families have, over the past six months, experienced first hand how to construct an INKAW...
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Joseph’s Business is Multiplying Like Rabbits!

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January 9, 2018
Joseph is a 44-year-old man from the community of Bampenase, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He is a teacher and serves as a headmaster of T...
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Fighting Back Against Fall Armyworm, Part II

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December 20, 2017
Maize is the most important staple cereal crop grown by smallholders in sub-Saraharn Africa. Maize accounts for more than half of all cereal...
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We Feel Safer with Chlorinated Water

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December 20, 2017
“We know that paying for the chlorine tablets is worth it. We can feel the difference!” Socorro is one of the 750 beneficiaries of our water...
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One Less Worry for Charity

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December 19, 2017
“Meeting Self-Help has brought something big to my family. It has really taught me the value of useful advice; help comes in many ways apart...
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Learning to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin

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December 19, 2017
As part of our ongoing training and advising, as well as micro-loan disbursement and collection, SHI micro-credit officers Yolanda and Arace...
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Expanding Training & Micro-Loans to New Communities Thanks to YOU!

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December 12, 2017
Happy Holidays!  Thank you to all who are reading this: your support this past year has made a tremendous difference to hundreds of families...
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