Self-Help International :: Helping people help themselves since 1959


	Ghana's unemployment rate is 20% (similar to what the U.S. experienced during the Great Depression) and the estimated population below the poverty line is 31%. That’s about 5.6 million people! It has plenty of gold, timber, industrial diamonds and poverty.... Ghana \| Nicaragua	Dr. Borlaug led the introduction of high yielding wheat varieties combined with modern agricultural production techniques to Mexico, Pakistan and India in the 1960s. This ‘Green Revolution’ increased the world’s food supply at a critical time and is credited with... Read More >

Because a hand-up always beats a hand-out. We continue to collect Quotes about hunger and the work that must be done.

Or read an article on why Self-Help's approach is so important... a drastic example from Haiti.

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Help us fund 40 Women's Micro-Credit Projects in Ghana, build a daycare in Nicaragua or provide vitamins for every child we feed. Find out more here!.

Jorge Campos, Self-Help's Nicaraguan Country Director, has written his own blog. If your Spanish is good, read here!

Check out some recent news coverage of our annual Fundraiser!

Don't miss the 2010 Self-Help International Autumn Road Rally, October 16. Check out the Events page for more..

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