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Laurel Galan

Heydi in her field of INTA-Nutrader corn.

Growing Plants, Growing Businesses, and Growing Self-Esteem

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October 2, 2025
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez, Empowering Women Project Officer Heydi is grateful for the opportunity that Self-Help International’s Women&...
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Ramona Loves to Support Her Family with Her Business Income

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April 1, 2021
By Yolanda Fletes, Micro-Credit Program Officer Self-Help International’s Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) provides women and their fa...
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The Women’s Empowerment Program Benefits Rural Women Personally and in Business

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December 28, 2020
By Yolanda Fletes, Women’s Empowerment Program Officer 34-year-old Beatriz lives in the small Nicaraguan community of Laurel Galán. Sh...
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Through training Adelaida learns new skills

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July 13, 2015
Adelaida sells freshly cooked food from her home along with other work on the side for extra income. Self-Help Staff interviewed her and her...
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Photo of Julia in her fritanga

In her own words

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March 19, 2015
Meet Julia.  Since joining the micro-credit program, she and her business partner Emma have started up a “fritanga,” a restauran...
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Meet Emma

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March 12, 2015
My name is Emma, I’m 33 years old and I live in the Laurel Galan community. Laurel Galan is about 3 km from the Self-Help office in Quinta L...
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Clean water improves health in Laurel Galan

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May 14, 2013
Laurel Galán, is a community located about 10 kilometers from San Carlos. It has five sectors and a population of 1,400 people. In 2011 Self...
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