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Sarah’s business grows with micro-loan

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December 5, 2012
Sarah is a 37-year-old mother of four children, three of whom are in school. She is married to Daniel. Sarah is a native of Nkawie Panin, a ...
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A Mother’s Business Pays for Schooling

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November 13, 2012
“We are able to feed the family and send my son to school.  I am very appreciative of Self-Help’s support.” -Akosua Pokua Akosua Pokua, a bu...
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Seylin Blooms

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November 10, 2012
Six-month-old Seylin was wilting. Much like a flower that droops without sunshine and water. After being put up for adoption, Seylin was lis...
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Middle Schoolers Feeding their Community

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November 1, 2012
The villages of Amanchia and Worapong, Ghana are sites where nearly 250 children ages 6 months to 6 years gather to attend preschools. As pa...
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QPM nutrition program chalks another success

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October 23, 2012
Early summer 2012, while the Self-Help staff was visiting the women at Ohene Nkwanta for its micro-credit program, they noticed a very malno...
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More Women in Ghana Acquire Cell Phones

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September 5, 2012
Beposo is a farming community in rural Ghana. It has no electricity but thankfully has a borehole for water. In 2011, nine women from this c...
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Training Center Project Underway

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August 8, 2012
August 2012 Self-Help International is setting its sights high in Ghana in an effort to reduce the migration of young farmers into its overp...
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Upwards and Outwards: Abraham’s Evident Progress

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July 4, 2012
Having never been to Ghana before, I was absorbing every conversation, every meeting, and every experience at the various sites we visited. ...
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Nourishing curious and energetic children

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October 10, 2011
Nataly’s mother brought her to the Cico Bodegon (daycare and feeding center) in Las Azucenas, Nicaragua in May of 2010. She was worried abou...
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Young Mother Grateful for a Micro-credit Legacy

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September 8, 2011
Afia, a 22 year-old single mother, did not know how she was going to support herself and her new “bouncy” baby girl. She was forced to leave...
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A new beginning for Celine

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July 11, 2011
During my recent visit to Nicaragua I visited the children’s feeding centers to see firsthand nutritional improvements among the children. S...
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Board member reflects on a visit to Los Chiles

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July 11, 2011
In May of 2011 I traveled to Nicaragua with the president of Self-Help’s Board. We spent special time at the children’s feeding centers wher...
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