Agriculture

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...

Graduate’s business creates employment

Graduate’s business creates employment

Samuel completed a course in mushroom production at Self-Help International’s Frances Mueller and Virginia Lageschulte Training Center (FMVLTC) in June...

Pickling program popular with rural women

Pickling program popular with rural women

“I give thanks to the donors and all the people who are involved in this program. You help us and...

Hands-on training for youth

Hands-on training for youth

Things I hear I forget. Things I see I remember. Things I do I understand. In May 2014 during the...

Local Students Visit Training Center

Local Students Visit Training Center

In March, students and staff from Toase Roman Catholic Junior High School paid a two-day educational visit to the Frances...

Abass continues to make progress

Abass continues to make progress

Abass Kwarteng graduated from high school in 2007, but due to financial constraints he was unable to further his education....

Abena alleviates hunger through her small business

Abena alleviates hunger through her small business

In Ghana, West Africa, lands are small in size and owned by agricultural indigenes. Commercial farming is nearly impossible within...

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