Agriculture

The Resources to Make Ayishetu’s Dream Come True

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December 18, 2015
Ayishetu is a migrant from the north and mother of seven. She has never had any formal education since it is not culturally practiced to sen...

Teach me to farm & I’ll eat for a lifetime

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December 2, 2015
Self-Help International’s approach to alleviating hunger in Ghana is to “teach people how to fish” – or in this case...

Fall 2015 Newsletter

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September 22, 2015
This issue features stories about how clean water transformed the lives of Miguel and Griselda’s family in La Culebra, Nicaragua, and ...

Solomon Puts Agriculture Waste to Productive Use

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September 21, 2015
In Atwima Nwabiagya, many farmers engage in rice farming for both personal consumption and as a cash crop. After harvesting the rice, much o...

Finding Satisfaction in Self-Employment

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July 8, 2015
The Self-Help International (SHI) Young Adult Training Centre (YATC) was established in 2013 to reduce unemployment in Ghana,especially amon...
Cover photo of 2014 Annual Report

2014 Annual Report

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June 15, 2015
In 2014, Self-Help International celebrated 55 years of alleviating hunger by helping people help themselves. Self-Help Ghana turned 25 year...

A Field for a Classroom

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June 1, 2015
By Beth Grabau – Development Officer, Central Iowa For farmers, the field is the classroom. However, Nicaraguan farmers often have lim...

Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

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May 23, 2015
After hearing about the successes experienced at the Fred Strohbehn Training Center, the farmers that Self-Help works with in Ochomogo began...

Bernard takes one step forward

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January 10, 2015
Bernard is a young graduate with a first degree in Psychology from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. After completing his national serv...
Isidro and his sons

Meet the Leadership of Los Chiles Cooperative

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November 15, 2014
Self-Help partners with farm families to help them increase yields so they can grow more and better food. We pair hands on training sessions...

Graduate’s business creates employment

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October 8, 2014
Samuel completed a course in mushroom production at Self-Help International’s Frances Mueller and Virginia Lageschulte Training Center (FMVL...

Pickling program popular with rural women

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September 10, 2014
“I give thanks to the donors and all the people who are involved in this program. You help us and all the hardworking women who are in...
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