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Los Chiles

Education is the Key to a Different Life

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July 31, 2025
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez, Women’s Empowerment Program Officer, Nicaragua Juana is 54 years old, married, and the mother of three child...
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“The best experience I have had is with Self-Help”

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February 5, 2025
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project Officer By teaching Martha a new skill, Self-Help International’s Women’s Em...
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Rosa is Empowered

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August 26, 2024
By Edelia Aracelly Cruz Torrez | Empowering Women Project Officer With the help of loans from Self-Help Nicaragua’s Women’s Empowerment Prog...
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Farmer Leaders in Nicaragua Help Their Neighbors Obtain Production Loans

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July 11, 2021
By Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas – Agriculture Program Officer The mission of Self-Help International is to, “Alleviate hunger by he...
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Combating COVID-19 with better nutrition: What an Iowa organization is doing in Central America

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August 3, 2020
This article was originally published by the Des Moines Register online on Jul.16, 2020 and in print on Jul. 19, 2020.  By Jerry Perkins, Se...
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Self-Help Nicaragua Distributes Bio-fortified Beans to Expand to a New Crop

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January 24, 2020
By Jerry Perkins, Self-Help International Board Member This post goes with another post by Jorge Campos Solis, Self-Help Nicaragua Country D...
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Innovating Water Chlorination in Nicaragua

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January 8, 2020
By Orlando Montiel Salas – Clean Water Program Officer It’s been seven years since the implementation of Self-Help International...
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Teamwork Brings Ovens to La Venada

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June 5, 2018
“My wife could have her own oven and wouldn’t have to go to other houses to rent one, which means she can bake at any time she wants, and we...
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Building a Business, Providing Lunch for School Children

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March 8, 2018
Lorenza Leonor Maradiaga Aguilar, 43, is a native of the Los Chiles community, about 30 kms from the big city of San Carlos. She and her hus...
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Getting seed back into the hands of farmers

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March 8, 2016
By Lucia Vega & Jorge Campos – Program Director & Country Director A little over a year ago, Self-Help imported new Quality Pr...
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Isidro and his sons

Meet the Leadership of Los Chiles Cooperative

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November 15, 2014
Self-Help partners with farm families to help them increase yields so they can grow more and better food. We pair hands on training sessions...
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3 new communities benefit from clean water program

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November 18, 2013
In September 2013, Self-Help International trained community members and installed chlorinators in the communities of La Conquista, La Argen...
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