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Her Education Almost Ended. Teen Girls Club Kept It Going.

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November 3, 2025
By Ernestina Esinam Glikpo, Communications Manager At just 17 years old, Zinabu from the small vibrant community of Nkontomire, in Ghana’s A...
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Overcoming Obstacles

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May 16, 2025
“Thank You, Self-Help International for providing me with a trunk, chopbox, pillow, mattress, calculator, bedspread, and books for my journe...
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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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Better Late Than Never

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November 18, 2022
Meet Comfort, a forty-seven year old mother of five from Nkontomire. Comfort joined the program in 2019. At that time, she was a food vendor...
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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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Innocent Sets Up a Home Garden to Help His Family Improve Their Nutrition

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December 28, 2020
By Justice Amoka Sam, Community Crop and Livestock Specialist According to nutritionists, including vegetables and fruits in a diet can redu...
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A Headmaster Sees the Change Brought by the Teen Girls Club

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March 26, 2020
By Bridget Gyamfi, National Builder’s Corps (NABCO) Member Nkontomire is a small community located in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipalit...
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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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Nkontomire named the District’s Best School in Agriculture at National Farmers Day

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February 6, 2017
At Self-Help, we take an integrated approach to rural development. If we wish to improve nutrition for our people, we must teach them how to...
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Feeding Program Builds Communal Spirit

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July 7, 2014
It is a common practice for schools to have Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs). Such associations exist to meet and plan together with the s...
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