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Almost left out

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July 6, 2015
In rural Ghana, quite a number of children spend time idle at home or with their parents on their farms rather than in school. The importanc...
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Caring for an aged mother

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June 3, 2015
In many advanced countries there are homes for the aged where old people are sent to receive special care. There are no such homes in Ghana ...
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A Field for a Classroom

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June 1, 2015
By Beth Grabau – Development Officer, Central Iowa For farmers, the field is the classroom. However, Nicaraguan farmers often have lim...
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Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

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May 23, 2015
After hearing about the successes experienced at the Fred Strohbehn Training Center, the farmers that Self-Help works with in Ochomogo began...
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SHI Clean Water Program celebrates World Water Day

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May 20, 2015
Self-Help’s Clean Water Program led the CAPS in the rural communities in the celebration of the World Water Day on March 22, 2015 by promoti...
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Mushroom production to the rescue!

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April 11, 2015
Veronica and Gideon are married for more than two decades and have three teenaged children; 2 boys and a girl aged between 14 and 18 years o...
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Feeding program revives patriotism

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April 8, 2015
Bedaabour is a farming community in rural Ghana with about 1,000 people. They are mostly farmers growing cocoa, rice and vegetables. It has ...
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The healing of Primativa

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April 1, 2015
Primativa is a 39 year old woman from the Las Azucenas community. She has two sons who help her with chores around the house. Her oldest son...
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Photo of Julia in her fritanga

In her own words

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March 19, 2015
Meet Julia.  Since joining the micro-credit program, she and her business partner Emma have started up a “fritanga,” a restauran...
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Meet Emma

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March 12, 2015
  My name is Emma, I’m 33 years old and I live in the Laurel Galan community. Laurel Galan is about 3 km from the Self-Help office in Q...
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Transforming lives: Ayishetu’s story

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March 4, 2015
Through micro loans, Ayishetu, a beneficiary of SHI micro-loans is able to change her social status; she can live a decent life and provide ...
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Training Center offers women’s health classes

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February 25, 2015
Self-Help International’s (SHI) Fred Strohbehn Training Center in Nicaragua offered women’s health sessions to 84 beneficiaries from the wom...
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