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Introducing Double Row Corn Technology to Nicaragua’s Farmers

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May 16, 2018
By Jorge Campos Solis – Country Program Director Technification, innovation, invention or topological designs … whatever it may ...

“We are happy, because now, we are drinking pure water”

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March 16, 2018
  La Venada No. 2, also knowns as La Venada Arriba, is a rural community of San Carlos municipality – Río San Juan, located appro...

Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children

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March 14, 2018
1 in 4 Children Self-Help International has been instrumental in starting feeding programs in primary schools in rural villages in the Ashan...

Against the odds, Augustine starts school

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March 8, 2018
By Jesse Jackson Sarkodie – School Feeding Program Officer & Nutritionist Augustine was born into a broken home. But thanks to you...

Building a Business, Providing Lunch for School Children

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March 8, 2018
Lorenza Leonor Maradiaga Aguilar, 43, is a native of the Los Chiles community, about 30 kms from the big city of San Carlos. She and her hus...

25 Miles Away from Her Dreams

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March 1, 2018
Six months ago, Farida, 18, started her first day of high school. It was a dream come true. She did her best in junior high, studying hard i...

Empowering Women in Nkawie: Listening to their Needs

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February 8, 2018
“This motivated me to advertise Self-Help to others making them know how reliable and effective the organization is; ready to help them impr...

Stoves Improving Health & Benefiting 96 Families!

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January 20, 2018
In the area of San Carlos, Rio San Juan, around 96 families have, over the past six months, experienced first hand how to construct an INKAW...

Joseph’s Business is Multiplying Like Rabbits!

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January 9, 2018
Joseph is a 44-year-old man from the community of Bampenase, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He is a teacher and serves as a headmaster of T...

Fighting Back Against Fall Armyworm, Part II

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December 20, 2017
Maize is the most important staple cereal crop grown by smallholders in sub-Saraharn Africa. Maize accounts for more than half of all cereal...

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