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Sedina, a woman from Abompe in Ghana's Ashanti Region, poses with her chickens.

Improved Poultry, Improved Lives

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August 3, 2026
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Ask any woman in Asougya, Fankamawe, Nkwakom, or Abompe in Ghana’s Ashanti Region what he...
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Babies Are Thriving and Mothers Are Celebrated

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October 27, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager In the heart of rural Ghana, in the communities of Kukubuso, Beposo, and Fankamawe, somet...
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One Egg a Day Is Changing My Child’s Life

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April 16, 2025
In the heart of Fankamawie, a rural farming community in Ghana’s Ashanti Region, something small is making a big difference—one egg at a tim...
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Tijani Increases Yield in Ghana

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January 22, 2020
By Emmanuel Obiri Laryea, Agriculture & Entrepreneurship Program Officer Self-Help International operates in the mostly rural Ashanti re...
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The Fight Against Fall Armyworm Infestation, Part III: The Value in Farmer Education And Hands on Training

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September 21, 2018
By Bernard Frimpong Bannor “Last season, armyworm attacked my 2 acre maize farm. It was scary. I’ve been farming for the past 10 years, and ...
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Abdullai and Fatia’s Journey to a Better Life

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August 7, 2017
Abdullai and his wife, Fatia, are a young couple who have faced struggles well beyond their years. The couple started their family in their ...
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young girl sits at table eating porridge

Fatima’s Success

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February 28, 2017
On January 19th, 2016, for the first time, six-year-old Fatima experienced her first day of school in a small village in the Ashanti region ...
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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...
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Fankamawe opens a school

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January 7, 2015
Fankamawe, a rural community in Ghana has no electricity or pipe borne water. There is one bore hole serving the entire community of 300 peo...
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