Agriculture

The Resources to Make Ayishetu’s Dream Come True

The Resources to Make Ayishetu’s Dream Come True

Ayishetu is a migrant from the north and mother of seven. She has never had any formal education since it...

Teach me to farm & I’ll eat for a lifetime

Teach me to farm & I’ll eat for a lifetime

Self-Help International’s approach to alleviating hunger in Ghana is to “teach people how to fish” – or in this case...

Fall 2015 Newsletter

This issue features stories about how clean water transformed the lives of Miguel and Griselda’s family in La Culebra, Nicaragua,...

Solomon Puts Agriculture Waste to Productive Use

Solomon Puts Agriculture Waste to Productive Use

In Atwima Nwabiagya, many farmers engage in rice farming for both personal consumption and as a cash crop. After harvesting...

Finding Satisfaction in Self-Employment

Finding Satisfaction in Self-Employment

The Self-Help International (SHI) Young Adult Training Centre (YATC) was established in 2013 to reduce unemployment in Ghana,especially among the...

Cover photo of 2014 Annual Report

2014 Annual Report

In 2014, Self-Help International celebrated 55 years of alleviating hunger by helping people help themselves. Self-Help Ghana turned 25 years...

A Field for a Classroom

A Field for a Classroom

By Beth Grabau – Development Officer, Central Iowa For farmers, the field is the classroom. However, Nicaraguan farmers often have...

Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

Adding value to avoid post-harvest losses

After hearing about the successes experienced at the Fred Strohbehn Training Center, the farmers that Self-Help works with in Ochomogo...

Bernard takes one step forward

Bernard takes one step forward

Bernard is a young graduate with a first degree in Psychology from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. After...

Isidro and his sons

Meet the Leadership of Los Chiles Cooperative

Self-Help partners with farm families to help them increase yields so they can grow more and better food. We pair...

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