One Egg a Day Is Changing My Child’s Life General, Stories - 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... Read Full Story
Wishing Dr. Mary Jane Oakland a Happy Birthday! News - February 28, 2024 A Message from the Rev. Dr. Mary Jane Oakland: It’s now been six years since Benjamin Kusi, SHI Ghana Country Director, asked me a qu... Read Full Story
Virtual Lunch & Learn Set for Dec. 14 Events - December 9, 2021 Nutrition education, agricultural development and economic empowerment converge in an innovative program set for Tuesday, Dec. 14, from 12:3... Read Full Story
It’s Not Easy, but it’s Worth It: Growing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Stories - April 8, 2019 By Patience Obour – Nutrition Program Officer Elizabeth, a mother of two from the village of Beposo in southern Ghana, joined Self-Hel... Read Full Story
Progress Report: Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children Stories - November 12, 2018 By Mary Jane Oakland, PhD Since I last wrote to you just after returning from Ghana in February, Self-Help’s team in Ghana wasted no time in... Read Full Story
Infant Malnutrition and What Our New Program is Doing About It: Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children Stories - October 16, 2018 by Katie Jackson, Communications Intern, and Megan Sehr, Development Director In Roger Thurow’s recently published book, The First 1,000 Day... Read Full Story
