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Classes underway at new training center

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August 2, 2013
The first class began at the Ghana Young Adult Training Center in March 2013 with 21 trainees who received technical and hands-on training i...

Blanca is head of the house

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August 2, 2013
Blanca is 24-years-old. She lives in Las Azucenas and has two children; one boy, 4-year-old Heyde, and one girl, 1-year-old Kelly. Blanca’s ...

Happy Bedaabour Children

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July 22, 2013
People sing the praises of Self-Help International’s Children’s Feeding Program. Emelia, an instructor at Bedaabour Basic School, tells Self...

Margaret Achieves Her Dreams

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June 7, 2013
A number of young girls in Ghana get pregnant after completing Junior High School and their dreams of becoming nurses, teachers, doctors, et...

Clean water improves health in Laurel Galan

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May 14, 2013
Laurel Galán, is a community located about 10 kilometers from San Carlos. It has five sectors and a population of 1,400 people. In 2011 Self...

The many successes of Petronila

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May 3, 2013
Petronila is 43-years-old. She is from Carazo, but around 20 years ago she moved to Melchorita, where she lives near the primary school. Pet...

For Barrison, the search is over

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May 3, 2013
Barrison is a trainee at the Self-Help International Young Adult Training Center. He travels 16km twice weekly to the center, sometimes on f...

See how Kobby is thriving

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April 22, 2013
When Kobby was about 2-years-old he lost both parents. His grandmother, in her 70s and living in Worapong, took responsibility of raising hi...

Education for Akosua’s kids

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March 7, 2013
Akosua is the leader of a small micro-credit group of four women. But, the size of her group does not adversely influence their ability to b...

Training Center Nears Completion

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February 6, 2013
In January 2013, I visited the Young Adult Training Center, and was very impressed with its progress. Furnishings are coming in for the clas...

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