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Building a Business, Providing Lunch for School Children

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March 8, 2018
Lorenza Leonor Maradiaga Aguilar, 43, is a native of the Los Chiles community, about 30 kms from the big city of San Carlos. She and her hus...

25 Miles Away from Her Dreams

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March 1, 2018
Six months ago, Farida, 18, started her first day of high school. It was a dream come true. She did her best in junior high, studying hard i...

Empowering Women in Nkawie: Listening to their Needs

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February 8, 2018
“This motivated me to advertise Self-Help to others making them know how reliable and effective the organization is; ready to help them impr...

Stoves Improving Health & Benefiting 96 Families!

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January 20, 2018
In the area of San Carlos, Rio San Juan, around 96 families have, over the past six months, experienced first hand how to construct an INKAW...

Joseph’s Business is Multiplying Like Rabbits!

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January 9, 2018
Joseph is a 44-year-old man from the community of Bampenase, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He is a teacher and serves as a headmaster of T...

Fighting Back Against Fall Armyworm, Part II

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December 20, 2017
Maize is the most important staple cereal crop grown by smallholders in sub-Saraharn Africa. Maize accounts for more than half of all cereal...

We Feel Safer with Chlorinated Water

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December 20, 2017
“We know that paying for the chlorine tablets is worth it. We can feel the difference!” Socorro is one of the 750 beneficiaries of our water...

One Less Worry for Charity

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December 19, 2017
“Meeting Self-Help has brought something big to my family. It has really taught me the value of useful advice; help comes in many ways apart...

Learning to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin

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December 19, 2017
As part of our ongoing training and advising, as well as micro-loan disbursement and collection, SHI micro-credit officers Yolanda and Arace...

Expanding Training & Micro-Loans to New Communities Thanks to YOU!

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December 12, 2017
Happy Holidays!  Thank you to all who are reading this: your support this past year has made a tremendous difference to hundreds of families...

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