Stories

Empowered Women Empower Women

Empowered Women Empower Women

About 32 miles by motorcycle from Self-Help’s Nicaragua office, lies a small and vibrant community called Las Azucenas. In a...

Building a More Peaceful World

Building a More Peaceful World

Ghana is blessed with many natural resource but remains underdeveloped, partly because the citizens are overly dependent on the central...

Lessons Through Experiences of a Self-Help Intern Abroad

Lessons Through Experiences of a Self-Help Intern Abroad

I had no idea what I would be getting into when I took my first steps out of the airplane...

Got your period? No more school for you.

In September 2015, Self-Help International hosted our first ever Leadership Summit to celebrate the strongest leaders in our women’s micro-credit...

‘Capacitación’ at SHI Nicaragua’s Training Center

‘Capacitación’ at SHI Nicaragua’s Training Center

Although it was a rainy day at Self Help’s office in Quinta Lidia, it did not stop local community members...

Meet Adelina

Meet Adelina

By Jacqueline Steinkamp – Communications Intern, Self-Help Nicaragua Early in the morning, the sun beams its light into small wooden...

23 Communities Gather to Discuss Clean Water

23 Communities Gather to Discuss Clean Water

We love focusing on success stories, but installing clean water in rural communities is not all we do: we educate...

Celebrating Lydia’s progress

Celebrating Lydia’s progress

Two years ago, we shared Lydia’s story with you.  Providing for her family was a daily struggle. But she used a micro-loan...

Back to School: Farmers learn to produce mushroom spawn!

Back to School: Farmers learn to produce mushroom spawn!

By Benjamin Kusi – Country Director Since opening its doors in 2014, the Frances Mueller and Virginia Lageschulte Training Centre...

The Best Water in All of El Castillo

The Best Water in All of El Castillo

Salvador Fletes and his companion Gonzalo sit at a worn wooden table after a long day of work, relaxing in...

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