Almost left out

Almost left out

In rural Ghana, quite a number of children spend time idle at home or with their parents on their farms...

Caring for an aged mother

Caring for an aged mother

In many advanced countries there are homes for the aged where old people are sent to receive special care. There...

A Field for a Classroom

A Field for a Classroom

By Beth Grabau – Development Officer, Central Iowa For farmers, the field is the classroom. However, Nicaraguan farmers often have...

Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

After hearing about the successes experienced at the Fred Strohbehn Training Center, the farmers that Self-Help works with in Ochomogo...

SHI Clean Water Program celebrates World Water Day

SHI Clean Water Program celebrates World Water Day

Self-Help’s Clean Water Program led the CAPS in the rural communities in the celebration of the World Water Day on...

Mushroom production to the rescue!

Mushroom production to the rescue!

Veronica and Gideon are married for more than two decades and have three teenaged children; 2 boys and a girl...

Feeding program revives patriotism

Feeding program revives patriotism

Bedaabour is a farming community in rural Ghana with about 1,000 people. They are mostly farmers growing cocoa, rice and...

The healing of Primativa

The healing of Primativa

Primativa is a 39 year old woman from the Las Azucenas community. She has two sons who help her with...

Photo of Julia in her fritanga

In her own words

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

Meet Emma

  My name is Emma, I’m 33 years old and I live in the Laurel Galan community. Laurel Galan is...

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