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Growing Against the Odds: How a Farmer’s Willpower Is Providing for His Family and Community

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December 8, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Alex is a devoted father of four from Kukubuso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region. Each day, he wa...
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Reflections from Northern Nicaragua: Miguel

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December 5, 2025
Miguel planted 25 pounds of INTA-Nutrader high-protein seed corn obtained from Self-Help International (SHI) in double rows with a distance ...
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Asana, a farmer in the Ullo Traditional Area

Asana’s Journey: From Small Steps to Big Dreams

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November 24, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Meet Asana, a 49-year-old rice processor and farmer from Baazu in the Ullo Traditional Ar...
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Ayishatu from Worapong

From Soil to Plates: Empowering Women to Grow Their Own Food

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November 17, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager In many parts of Ghana, food insecurity isn’t just a challenge—it’s a daily reality. But ...
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From Teen Girl to Teacher: Najaahat’s Journey of Transformation

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November 10, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager When Najaahat was 16 years old in Junior High School (JHS 3), she faced challenges that a...
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Future lactation coaches attend a training,

Strong Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Role of Lactation Coaches

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November 6, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager In Beposo, a small community in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, a group of women recently gathere...
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Her Education Almost Ended. Teen Girls Club Kept It Going.

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November 3, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager At just 17 years old, Zinabu from the small vibrant community of Nkontomire, in Ghana’s A...
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Babies Are Thriving and Mothers Are Celebrated

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October 27, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager In the heart of rural Ghana, in the communities of Kukubuso, Beposo, and Fankamawe, somet...
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felicia

Hope Took Root: Felicia’s Journey of Growth with Self-Help

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October 20, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Felicia, a hardworking mother of six, has transformed her life and community with the sup...
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franklina in her okra field

She Had the Will. You Gave Her the Way

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October 13, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Franklina, at just 23 years old, is demonstrating that young women in rural Ghana can ove...
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dorsah

From Small Yields to Big Dreams: Dorsah’s Journey

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October 6, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager “I am Dorsah, a mother of three and a rice farmer in Ghana’s Upper West Region. For...
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Heydi in her field of INTA-Nutrader corn.

Growing Plants, Growing Businesses, and Growing Self-Esteem

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October 2, 2025
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez, Empowering Women Project Officer Heydi is grateful for the opportunity that Self-Help International’s Women&...
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