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Delayed Rains Leave Maize Fields Empty

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October 21, 2024
In the rural communities of Nyame Bekyere, Timeabu, and Ul-Gozu in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, and Upper West Region, farmers like Joe, Ag...

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 ran...

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 traditio...

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...

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