Life is easier when a little help comes our way

Life is easier when a little help comes our way

Ama is a forty-five year old single mother of three. In addition to caring for her own children, she has...

Chlorinator Cleanses La Culebra

Chlorinator Cleanses La Culebra

Miguel and his wife Griselda live in a compact cement house in La Culebra, a rural village, home to just...

Through training Adelaida learns new skills

Through training Adelaida learns new skills

Adelaida sells freshly cooked food from her home along with other work on the side for extra income. Self-Help Staff interviewed her...

Finding Satisfaction in Self-Employment

Finding Satisfaction in Self-Employment

The Self-Help International (SHI) Young Adult Training Centre (YATC) was established in 2013 to reduce unemployment in Ghana,especially among the...

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...

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