Stories

Mary’s Journey: From Poverty to Prosperity with Your Help

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October 16, 2024
By Ernestina Glikpo | Communications Manager In October 2019, Mary, a mother of three from the small village of Abompe in Ghana’s Ashanti Re...

Are We Doing Something Right? A Community Coordinator’s Testimony

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October 4, 2024
By: Lydia Adomako, Community Liaison Officer in Ghana I am with the Teen Girls Club this week. They are discussing sexual harassment and abu...

My Love for Agriculture Came Back, Thanks to Self-Help International

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September 23, 2024
By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas, Agricultural Extension Program Officer Luis had spent many years working for other people in cattle ranc...

47 Girls Graduate from SHI’s Teen Girls Club

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September 12, 2024
Forty-seven young girls from five rural communities in Ghana’s Ashanti Region just reached a significant milestone: they graduated from Self...

Exclusive Breastfeeding Saves Lives

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September 5, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager In August 2024, the lively community of Kukubuso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region joined ...

Rosa is Empowered

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August 26, 2024
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project Officer With the help of loans from Self-Help Nicaragua’s Women’s Empowerment Prog...

Palestina Now Has a Chlorination System

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August 15, 2024
By Orlando Jose Montiel Salas | Clean Water Program Officer Palestina is a small rural community in the municipality of El Almendro, in Río ...

Boosting Yields, Changing Lives

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August 8, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager Your contributions are making a significant difference for 30 women in the Ullo tra...

The Importance of Learning New Skills

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July 19, 2024
By: Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas | Agricultural Extension Program Officer Marcos lives in the province of Río San Juan, Nicaragua, in the...

Empowering Rural Communities through Sustainable Agriculture

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July 9, 2024
By Ernestina Glikpo, Communications Manager In the farming community of Kukuboso, Ghana, live Inusa Issah, a 50-year-old farmer, and his wif...

Self-Help Empowers Eveling to Take Her Business Online

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July 8, 2024
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project officer Eveling is 29 years old, married with one daughter. She has a modest level...

Angela Develops Her Business with Support from Self-Help International

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June 14, 2024
Angela is 55 years old and married with three children, including two boys and a girl. She lives in the community of Nueva Jerusalen, Nicara...
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