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Meeting My Children’s Needs After Galamsey

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November 3, 2017
“I started ‘galamsey’ in Wasa when I was a teenager. One day I went out to do ‘galamsey’ with my best friend and unfortunately, she fell int...
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“Koko helps kill our hunger”

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October 18, 2017
“Some children have to walk 8 kilometers [5 miles] to come to school in the morning,” the Headmaster told me. “The children arrive hungry.” ...
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Engaging a Community through Stove Building

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September 28, 2017
by Yolanda Fletes & Edelia Cruz Torres – Micro-Credit Program Officers It has been a busy few months for Self-Help’s micro-credit ...
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A Thankful Heart

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September 21, 2017
In Beposo, Ghana, a woman stands beaming in front of her newly built, brightly painted provisions store, the shelves fully stocked and doors...
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Gifty’s Gift of Health

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September 14, 2017
“I am thankful to SHI for the gift of national health insurance. With this I can visit the clinic and have my body examined,”  said Gifty wi...
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Hope for the Incarcerated

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September 12, 2017
Amanfrom Prison Camp is a minimum security prison for convicts who have less than a year to complete their sentences. Last September, we wor...
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So you have clean water. What now?

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August 23, 2017
Give a community a clean water chlorinator, they’ll drink for a month. Teach a community to organize and they’ll drink clean water for a lif...
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Educating Nicaragua’s Farm Families

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August 15, 2017
When we welcome guests to our training sessions, we always share the idea that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different resu...
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Abdullai and Fatia’s Journey to a Better Life

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August 7, 2017
Abdullai and his wife, Fatia, are a young couple who have faced struggles well beyond their years. The couple started their family in their ...
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Nobody Likes Diarrhea (Seriously)

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August 1, 2017
After a sweltering day spent working on a farm, Julio heads home longing for a cool drink of water. The water that runs from his kitchen tap...
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No more micro-loans for Gema and Cristina

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July 5, 2017
ust a Little Sparkle for a Brighter Future Sisters Gema, 24, and Cristina, 27, are two of the twenty-five women who live in Ochomogo, Rivas,...
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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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