Stories

Secret Family Recipe the Key to Success

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May 23, 2016
By Susan Cornforth – Administrative Assistant Last week, Susan Cornforth a staff member from Self-Help’s Iowa office, led the Wa...

Sandra Takes Control

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April 27, 2016
“NO MATTER THE SITUATION, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT” Sandra is a forty-year-old woman from Kwaso, a rural community in the...

100 Healthier Families in Villa Álvarez

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April 18, 2016
  Several months ago, members of the of the Villa Álvarez Clean Water Committee came together with other Clean Water Committees in El A...

Healthy Competition Improves Quality of Education, Feeding Program in Bedabour

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April 15, 2016
By Deborah Asamoah and Nancy Ansah – Project Leaders Bedaabour is a rural village of about 1,000 people within the Atwima Mponua Distr...

Would you give your child dirty water to drink?

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March 22, 2016
…Juan wouldn’t either. Here’s his story: In Februrary 2014, Self-Help’s Clean Water Program Officer made the trek to...

“I feel at ease knowing my daughter is well fed”

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March 16, 2016
Last July, we reported to you that in rural Ghana, quite a number of children spend time idle at home or with their parents on their farms r...

Finally! Practical Training for Ag Science Class

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March 16, 2016
Students at St. Joseph Senior High School now have the practical skills they need to be able to enter the rural workforce. A few months ago,...

Getting seed back into the hands of farmers

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March 8, 2016
By Lucia Vega & Jorge Campos – Program Director & Country Director A little over a year ago, Self-Help imported new Quality Pr...

Now I am a more powerful woman!

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March 7, 2016
Doña Migdalia is a 51-year-old married mother of three from the community of Aldea del Mañana. Like many women in rural Nicaragua, she wante...

Expanding Her Horizon, Changing Her Future

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January 9, 2016
Self-Help International’s micro-credit program serves several communities of Rio San Juan and Rivas, Nicaragua, empowering hardworking women...

No More Dengue Fever in El Tule

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January 6, 2016
In a majority of Nicaraguan communities, the CAPS  (Comité de Agua Potable y Saneamiento  — Water Sanitation Committee) leaders typica...

Women’s Leadership Summit

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January 4, 2016
What a wonderful few months of milestones it has been for women in Ghana!  Micro-credit officers Victoria and Elizabeth have been working ha...
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