2016 Self-Help International Impact Report

Our latest annual report is now available – call or email the office to request a printed copy, or click the...

No more micro-loans for Gema and Cristina

Just a Little Sparkle for a Brighter Future Sisters Gema, 24, and Cristina, 27, are two of the twenty-five women...

Felicia was born and raised in a place called Kwaso, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She is a sixty-five-year-old...

Since officially launching the Teen Girls Club in September 2016, the 150 teen girls we serve have been receiving reproductive...

By Susan Cornforth, SHI USA Staff Many schools in rural Nicaragua lack a library, making it that much more difficult...

We are often asked how we decide which communities to serve. In Ghana, we intentionally focus on rural communities within a 25-mile radius...

In addition to offering general business training and micro-loans, from time to time Self-Help offers women skills training so they can...

About 32 miles by motorcycle from Self-Help’s Nicaragua office, lies a small and vibrant community called Las Azucenas. In a...

Two years ago, we shared Lydia’s story with you. Providing for her family was a daily struggle. But she used a micro-loan...

“NO MATTER THE SITUATION, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT” Sandra is a forty-year-old woman from Kwaso, a rural...