Alleviating hunger by helping people help themselves

Our Program Areas

Accessing Sanitary Water

Accessing Sanitary Water

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Accessing Sanitary Water

Improving Agricultural Practices

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Fighting Malnutrition and Hunger

Fighting Malnutrition and Hunger

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Empowering Women and Girls

Empowering Women and Girls

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Self-Help International is an Iowa-based international development organization dedicated to alleviating hunger in rural communities in Ghana, West Africa and Nicaragua, Central America by helping people help themselves.

Self-Help prioritizes local staff and community leadership, and programs address the hard gaps in development by ensuring that program partners have access to knowledge as well as the resources to put their knowledge into action.

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Find out what’s happening in Ghana & Nicaragua

Find out what’s happening in Ghana & Nicaragua

Join Self-Help International for a virtual lunch and learn event on Wednesday, June 15, at 12 noon (central time). Register...

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Lags weekend set for July 8-9

The Give a Hoot for Self-Help Weekend is back in person in 2022! Learn more about the Lags Memorial Golf...

Self-Help Made a Difference to Mamudu

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Empowering through innovation

Opportunity: 100M +

Agricultural productivity increases when women farmers have the same access to productive resources as men, which could reduce hunger by 100 – 150 million.

98% Repayment

Self-Help Ghana boasts a 98% repayment rate on micro-loans issued to impoverished women entrepreneurs. Repaid loans are re-issued to empower the next woman in need.

90% Reinvestment

Women reinvest 90% of income into the family, so their children eat more and better food and get the education they need to break free from the cycle of hunger and poverty.

 

Empowering through

training & resources to

put knowledge into action

2x Increase in Yields

Through improved practices and access to new technology, the farmers we serve are doubling or even tripling their yields, increasing food security now and for the future.

2x School Enrollment

Early childhood enrollment increases when we partner with communities to help them start school feeding programs, and students are able to start each school day hunger-free and ready to learn.

85,000+ People

We’ve installed more than 120 innovative water chlorination systems that are providing 85,000 people with clean water every day so they can lead healthier, more productive lives.

They’re more than programs, they’re stories.

Accessing Clean Water

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San José, Nicaragua
Goal: $320,000
70%

Improving Agriculture

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Los Chiles farmers
Goal: $320,000
70%

Ending
Malnutrition

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Jamilatu's family
Goal: $320,000
70%

Empowering Women & Girls

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Sarah's business
Goal: $320,000
70%

We’re humbled by our global recognition.

We think the work we do is important, and we’re glad that others do as well.

              

Self-Help International is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.