Agriculture

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...

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...

Evading the Attack by Fall Armyworm

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November 28, 2017
“I am scared to death about fall armyworm,” Dr. Pedro Sanchez said in the opening day of the World Food Prize’s 2017 Borlaug Dia...

Taking it to the Farmer: Applying Skills Learned

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November 13, 2017
Skills Learned and Implemented in the Field The Fred Strohbehn Training Center has had been quite busy the past few months with five differe...

2016 Self-Help International Impact Report

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September 8, 2017
Our latest annual report is now available – call or email the office to request a printed copy, or click the image above to open the r...

Educating Nicaragua’s Farm Families

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August 15, 2017
When we welcome guests to our training sessions, we always share the idea that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different resu...

Abdullai and Fatia’s Journey to a Better Life

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August 7, 2017
Abdullai and his wife, Fatia, are a young couple who have faced struggles well beyond their years. The couple started their family in their ...

A New Chapter for Ama Badu

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June 9, 2017
We are often asked how we decide which communities to serve. In Ghana, we intentionally focus on rural communities within a 25-mile radius o...

Demonstration Plots Improve Child Nutrition

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June 1, 2017
This story is a guest post by Isaac Paul. Isaac is from Muscatine, Iowa. He took a six month leave of absence from Trioak Foods in Oakville,...
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