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Seed security and success in Ethiopia for Sisay and Kelemua

Self Help Africa2019Case Studies, Climate Change, Cooperatives, Ethiopia, News

Sisay and Kelemeu with their farm equipment

Change happened for Sisay and Kelemeu when they joined 6,000 farmers in Wirtu Boset farmers cooperative, and began working with Self Help Africa to make good quality grain seed available to cereal growers across the region.

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Costa’s long journey to safety and security

Self Help Africa2018Agriculture & Nutrition, Case Studies, News, Zambia

The road to safety and security has been long and difficult for 30-year-old Costa Uwimana. Forced to flee her home country of Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo when she was only about eight years old, it was only a few months before Costa had to leave again, this time for Angola.

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Snapshots from the Field

Self Help Africa2017Case Studies, News

Snapshots from the Field is the latest newsletter from Gorta-Self Help Africa, and shows how your donations are making a real difference to rural communities across Africa.

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Villagers rice business boost

Self Help Africa2015Case Studies, Enterprise Development, News, West Africa

For the women of Tonte village in the savannahs of Northern Togo, rice has become an important part of life. Rice first became commonplace in the regional when the UN distributed emergency rice rations during a series of food crises in the early years of the new millennium.

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2025

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