empowerment

Felicia Builds a Better Foundation for Her Family

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June 27, 2017
Felicia was born and raised in a place called Kwaso, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She is a sixty-five-year-old widow and a mother of seve...

Chief Marvels at Transformation of Teen Girls Club

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June 19, 2017
Since officially launching the Teen Girls Club in September 2016, the 150 teen girls we serve have been receiving reproductive health guidan...

Quinta Lidia Primary School Opens New Library!

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June 10, 2017
By Susan Cornforth, SHI USA Staff Many schools in rural Nicaragua lack a library, making it that much more difficult for students to receive...

A New Chapter for Ama Badu

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June 9, 2017
We are often asked how we decide which communities to serve. In Ghana, we intentionally focus on rural communities within a 25-mile radius o...

Skills Training Inspires New Business Ventures

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February 15, 2017
In addition to offering general business training and micro-loans, from time to time Self-Help offers women skills training so they can lear...

Empowered Women Empower Women

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September 16, 2016
About 32 miles by motorcycle from Self-Help’s Nicaragua office, lies a small and vibrant community called Las Azucenas. In a small and quiet...

Celebrating Lydia’s progress

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July 20, 2016
Two years ago, we shared Lydia’s story with you.  Providing for her family was a daily struggle. But she used a micro-loan in 2013 to ...

Sandra Takes Control

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April 27, 2016
“NO MATTER THE SITUATION, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT” Sandra is a forty-year-old woman from Kwaso, a rural community in the...

Women’s Leadership Summit

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January 4, 2016
What a wonderful few months of milestones it has been for women in Ghana!  Micro-credit officers Victoria and Elizabeth have been working ha...

School Uniforms Clothe Children, Create Employment

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October 14, 2015
Thanks to a special designated donation for school supplies and school uniforms to start the 2015 school year, and the support of GlobalGivi...

Women share knowledge, empower one another

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September 15, 2015
Self-Help International’s micro-credit program is consistently expanding in Nicaragua’s Department, Rio San Juan. As of July 2015, Self-Help...

Life is easier when a little help comes our way

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August 30, 2015
Ama is a forty-five year old single mother of three. In addition to caring for her own children, she has taken on the added responsibility o...
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