Ghana

“My sister is healthier because of you”

Yesterday, the school feeding program staff, Nancy and Jesse, visited the community of  Bedabour for monitoring and met with Jasmine,...

Akosua demonstrates creativity in her business

Akosua demonstrates creativity in her business

Meet Akosua, a thirty-eight year old woman from Timeabu, a village of about 500 people in the Ashanti region of...

The Skit

At the end of September, the Teen Girls Club was officially inaugurated in the village of Bedaabour, Ghana.  It was...

Entire Village Gathers to Inaugurate Teen Girls Clubs

September 23, 2016 was a truly special day. After months of organizing girls, listening to their needs and challenges, and...

Is it safe to eat eggs when you have your period?

That was one of the genuine questions asked during the women’s health training session we held in Timeabu last week: “Is...

Building a More Peaceful World

Building a More Peaceful World

Ghana is blessed with many natural resource but remains underdeveloped, partly because the citizens are overly dependent on the central...

Got your period? No more school for you.

In September 2015, Self-Help International hosted our first ever Leadership Summit to celebrate the strongest leaders in our women’s micro-credit...

Celebrating Lydia’s progress

Celebrating Lydia’s progress

Two years ago, we shared Lydia’s story with you.  Providing for her family was a daily struggle. But she used a micro-loan...

Back to School: Farmers learn to produce mushroom spawn!

Back to School: Farmers learn to produce mushroom spawn!

By Benjamin Kusi – Country Director Since opening its doors in 2014, the Frances Mueller and Virginia Lageschulte Training Centre...

Summer 2016 Newsletter

Razak, a farmer from Beposo village in Ghana, shares his testimonial about how the school feeding program has improved his...

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