Ghana

Classes underway at new training center

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August 2, 2013
The first class began at the Ghana Young Adult Training Center in March 2013 with 21 trainees who received technical and hands-on training i...

Happy Bedaabour Children

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July 22, 2013
People sing the praises of Self-Help International’s Children’s Feeding Program. Emelia, an instructor at Bedaabour Basic School, tells Self...

Margaret Achieves Her Dreams

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June 7, 2013
A number of young girls in Ghana get pregnant after completing Junior High School and their dreams of becoming nurses, teachers, doctors, et...

For Barrison, the search is over

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May 3, 2013
Barrison is a trainee at the Self-Help International Young Adult Training Center. He travels 16km twice weekly to the center, sometimes on f...

See how Kobby is thriving

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April 22, 2013
When Kobby was about 2-years-old he lost both parents. His grandmother, in her 70s and living in Worapong, took responsibility of raising hi...

Education for Akosua’s kids

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March 7, 2013
Akosua is the leader of a small micro-credit group of four women. But, the size of her group does not adversely influence their ability to b...

Training Center Nears Completion

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February 6, 2013
In January 2013, I visited the Young Adult Training Center, and was very impressed with its progress. Furnishings are coming in for the clas...

Kobriti Continues Crusade

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January 22, 2013
Kobriti is a small farming village of 500, located 7.5 miles from the district capital, Ejura. The inhabitants are predominantly settler-far...

Sarah’s business grows with micro-loan

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December 5, 2012
Sarah is a 37-year-old mother of four children, three of whom are in school. She is married to Daniel. Sarah is a native of Nkawie Panin, a ...

A Mother’s Business Pays for Schooling

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November 13, 2012
“We are able to feed the family and send my son to school.  I am very appreciative of Self-Help’s support.” -Akosua Pokua Akosua Pokua, a bu...

Steady Progress at Ghana Training Center

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November 7, 2012
November 2012 Steady progress continues with the construction of the young adult farmers’ training center in a rural community outside of Ku...

Middle Schoolers Feeding their Community

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November 1, 2012
The villages of Amanchia and Worapong, Ghana are sites where nearly 250 children ages 6 months to 6 years gather to attend preschools. As pa...
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