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Meet the Leadership of Los Chiles Cooperative

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November 15, 2014
Self-Help partners with farm families to help them increase yields so they can grow more and better food. We pair hands on training sessions...
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Creative training & support help build businesses

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November 1, 2014
Since 2014, the Self-Help International (SHI) micro-credit program has been focusing developing the professional skills of women and youth b...
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Kontomire gathers to celebrate QPM feeding program

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October 8, 2014
By Nora Tobin, Executive Director Yesterday I visited the community of Kontomire to see first-hand how the QPM feeding program is progressin...
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Graduate’s business creates employment

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October 8, 2014
Samuel completed a course in mushroom production at Self-Help International’s Frances Mueller and Virginia Lageschulte Training Center (FMVL...
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Pickling program popular with rural women

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September 10, 2014
“I give thanks to the donors and all the people who are involved in this program. You help us and all the hardworking women who are in...
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Micro-loans unlock talents

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September 4, 2014
Dinah is 50 years old and a native of Bedaabour in Ashanti region of Ghana. She is a product of the old Ghanaian education system, in which ...
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Knowledge, training increase project participation

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August 27, 2014
From May to August 2014, Self-Help International (SHI) staff have visited 45 communities all from the Río San Juan area to promote and prese...
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Hands-on training for youth

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August 1, 2014
Things I hear I forget. Things I see I remember. Things I do I understand. In May 2014 during the 53rd Diocesan Synod of the Kumasi Diocese ...
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Training and strategy help grow Martha’s business

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July 31, 2014
Beneficiary from El Espabel – Melchorita Martha is a 61-year-old woman working with Self-Help’s micro-credit program. She and her husb...
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Feeding Program Builds Communal Spirit

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July 7, 2014
It is a common practice for schools to have Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs). Such associations exist to meet and plan together with the s...
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Lydia Makes Progress

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June 4, 2014
Lydia is 36 years old and has two daughters, ages 11 and 2 ½ years old. In 2010, she made the decision to join the Self-Help International m...
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Water Quality Improved in Four Communities

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May 20, 2014
In this first quarter of the year, Self-Help International has been conducting visits to each community where we have chlorinators installed...
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