It’s Not Easy, but it’s Worth It: Growing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato

By Patience Obour – Nutrition Program Officer Elizabeth, a mother of two from the village of Beposo in southern Ghana,...

Akosua Grows More Confident About Her Children’s Futures Thanks to Better Nutrition

By Jesse Jackson Sarkodie – Nutrition Program Officer It is often sad to see malnourished women and their children in...

By Rev. Mary Jane Oakland, PhD Since I last wrote to you just after returning from Ghana in February, Self-Help’s...

Madison Lapke spent last summer as a Self-Help International intern in Ghana. She offered to write about her internship experience...

I am Amos and I am 8 months old, and you see me in this picture riding on my mother’s...

Six-month-old Seylin was wilting. Much like a flower that droops without sunshine and water. After being put up for adoption,...

Nataly’s mother brought her to the Cico Bodegon (daycare and feeding center) in Las Azucenas, Nicaragua in May of 2010....

During my recent visit to Nicaragua I visited the children’s feeding centers to see firsthand nutritional improvements among the children....

In May of 2011 I traveled to Nicaragua with the president of Self-Help’s Board. We spent special time at the...

Dina was being treated repeatedly at a Health Center in Cruz Verde, Nicaragua for malnutrition and low hemoglobin test numbers. Even after...