Stories

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One Egg a Day Is Changing My Child’s Life

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April 16, 2025
In the heart of Fankamawie, a rural farming community in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, something small is making a big difference—one egg at a tim...

Self-Help Assists El Jicaro in Providing Clean Water to the Community

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February 14, 2025
By Orlando Jose Montiel Salas | Clean Water Program Officer With the assistance of Self-Help International in Nicaragua, the 115 homes and 4...

Farmer’s Day Celebration: A Proud Moment for Self-Help International

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February 7, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager On a bright Friday morning in Nkorang, Nkawie, Ghana, excitement filled the air as the c...

“The best experience I have had is with Self-Help”

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February 5, 2025
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project Officer By teaching Martha a new skill, Self-Help International’s Women’s Em...

From Petty Trader to Homeowner: Comfort’s Story

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February 5, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager When Comfort lost her husband, life became a daily struggle for her and her five childre...

Delayed Rains Leave Maize Fields Empty

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October 21, 2024
In the rural communities of Nyame Bekyere, Timeabu, and Ul-Gozu in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, and Upper West Region, farmers like Joe, Ag...

Mary’s Journey: From Poverty to Prosperity with Your Help

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October 16, 2024
By Ernestina Glikpo | Communications Manager In October 2019, Mary, a mother of three from the small village of Abompe in Ghana’s Ashanti Re...

Are We Doing Something Right? A Community Coordinator’s Testimony

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October 4, 2024
By: Lydia Adomako, Community Liaison Officer in Ghana I am with the Teen Girls Club this week. They are discussing sexual harassment and abu...

My Love for Agriculture Came Back, Thanks to Self-Help International

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September 23, 2024
By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas, Agricultural Extension Program Officer Luis had spent many years working for other people in cattle ranc...

47 Girls Graduate from SHI’s Teen Girls Club

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September 12, 2024
Forty-seven young girls from five rural communities in Ghana’s Ashanti Region just reached a significant milestone: they graduated from Self...

Exclusive Breastfeeding Saves Lives

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September 5, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager In August 2024, the lively community of Kukubuso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region joined ...

Rosa is Empowered

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August 26, 2024
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project Officer With the help of loans from Self-Help Nicaragua’s Women’s Empowerment Prog...
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