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Improving Agriculture to Fight Hunger and Malnutrition

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July 8, 2019
By Jorge Campos Solis, Nicaragua Country Director In keeping with our mission to “eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its fo...
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Helping Farmers to Increase Yields, Incomes, and Food Security

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June 26, 2019
By Jorge Campos, Nicaragua Country Director Most farmers in the world have about 40 growing seasons, or 40 chances to improve on every harve...
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Adriana is Turning Dreams into Reality

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June 21, 2019
By Yolanda Fletes, Micro-Credit Program Officer Adriana is a 51-year-old small business owner and single mother of five from the community o...
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Diana’s Determination

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June 19, 2019
By Patience Obour, Nutrition Program Officer All parents dream to see their children succeed academically or in other endeavors, but the ups...
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Mercy Transforms Passion in to Profit

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June 4, 2019
By Victoria Yamson, Program Coordinator Mercy was the only girl from Bedabour, a community in the Ashanti region of Ghana, to attend senior ...
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The La Vainilla Community Gets Safe Drinking Water With the Help of Self-Help International

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May 29, 2019
By Orlando Montiel Salas, Clean Water Program Officer Obdulia has lived in the La Vainilla community in Chontales, Nicaragua her entire life...
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Developing and Supporting Young Agripreneurs Like Moses

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May 23, 2019
By Emmanuel Obiri Laryea Youth Unemployment Impacts Everyone Ghana has a young population, with approximately 57% of people under the age of...
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A Bold Decision Pays Off

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May 10, 2019
By Benjamin Yeboah, Micro-Credit Program Officer Photographs by Dela Aniwa.  See more of his photography here. In order to help support her ...
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Micro-Loans Change Lives of Women in Ghana and Nicaragua

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April 15, 2019
“Empowered women empower women” Self-Help has been devoted to alleviating hunger in Ghana and Nicaragua, and for the past three decades, thi...
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Nicaraguan Farmers Astounded by Quality and Quantity of Maize Production

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April 10, 2019
By Jorge Luis Campos Solis, Nicaragua Country Director  Located in the middle of Lake Cocibolca (or Lake Nicaragua), Nicaragua, is the islan...
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