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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...
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“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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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The Resources to Make Ayishetu’s Dream Come True

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December 18, 2015
Ayishetu is a migrant from the north and mother of seven. She has never had any formal education since it is not culturally practiced to sen...
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Teach me to farm & I’ll eat for a lifetime

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December 2, 2015
Self-Help International’s approach to alleviating hunger in Ghana is to “teach people how to fish” – or in this case...
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New Work, New Hope, New Home

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November 12, 2015
Lucy has been active in the micro-credit program since 2012. When asked about how she joined the Self-Help International (SHI) micro-credit ...
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Clean Water in Cruz Verde Changes Families’ Lives

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October 16, 2015
In the humid overgrowth of Nicaragua’s dense forests lies the village of Cruz Verde, a rural region in the municipality of San Carlos. The c...
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