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Growing Against the Odds: How a Farmer’s Willpower Is Providing for His Family and Community

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December 8, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager Alex is a devoted father of four from Kukubuso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region. Each day, he wa...
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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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47 Girls Graduate from SHI’s Teen Girls Club

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September 12, 2024
Forty-seven young girls from five rural communities in Ghana’s Ashanti Region just reached a significant milestone: they graduated from Self...
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Saves Lives

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September 5, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo | Communications Manager In August 2024, the lively community of Kukubuso in Ghana’s Ashanti Region joined ...
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Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Valuable Asset For Mother And Child

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May 13, 2024
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager, Self-Help International Rabiatu, a mother of eight in the Kukubuso community in the Atwi...
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Self-Help Made a Difference to Mamudu

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April 19, 2022
The world we live in today is now driven by technology and formal education where literacy is expected. Presently, formal education has been...
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Teen Girls Club Renovates Classroom

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April 19, 2022
Kukubuso is a small community located in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti region of Ghana that has SHI Teen Girls Club. It is prima...
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Young People Have the Ability to Shape the Future of Agriculture in Ghana

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October 12, 2021
By Justice Amoka Sam – Community Crop and Livestock Specialist In Self-Help International’s partner communities in Ghana, it is common...
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Good Nutrition Helped Mariam Learn to Walk

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July 11, 2021
By Latifa Moomen and Patience Obour, Promoting Good Nutrition Program Officers Self-Help International facilitates a maternal-child nutritio...
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The Role of Community Vaccination in Reducing Mortality Rates in Rural Poultry in Ghana

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May 20, 2021
By Justice Amoka Sam – Community Crop and Livestock Specialist Rural poultry production is recognized as an important agricultural act...
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Teen Girls Club Members Harness the Power of Community Action

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December 28, 2020
By Grace Marfo – Teen Girls Club Program Officer Members of Self-Help International’s Teen Girls Club (TGC) in their f...
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Leaders Feed Their Communities – 2019 Impact Report – Kukuboso, Ghana

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August 28, 2020
These stories were originally featured in the 2019 Impact Report. Kasim and Dora are two community members in Kukuboso pushing to ensure tha...
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