Members of Witimba Farmer Field School undertook climate-smart methods on water retention and tree planting to improve their livelihoods.
Read MoreBringing Water and Inspiration to Malawi’s Women
A new United Purpose and Self Help Africa project will bring clean water to communities in rural Malawi by drilling wells.
Read MoreA New System for Improving Goat Health in Malawi
Our goat health project advocates the Five Point Check system, a simple, quick, cheap, reliable and easily learned system that indicates if an animal needs treatment.
Read MoreSolar Power to the People
A new microgrid is bringing electricity for the first time to a rural community in Malawi.
Read MoreGetting BETTER for Malawian Women
Households are reporting better diets, women have more financial security and also more of a say in decision making, a report on a project in Malawi has found.
Read MoreManure the Magic Ingredient For Malawi Farmers
A simple solution has increased crop health and lead to better yields for the farmers of Tigwirizane Farmer Field School (TFFS) in Malawi. The magic ingredient? Manure.
Read MoreGrace’s Recipe For Farming Success
Celebrate International Soil Day – our food depends on it!
Read MoreProjects supported 275,000 families
Self Help Africa’s annual report showed that the organisation reached 2.5 million people and worked directly with 275,000 households, in 2019.
Read MoreA journey to self-reliance for Lilian
There has been a four-fold increase in the number of households in Burkina Faso who are coping with the effects of extreme weather conditions.
Read MoreInvesting in the fight against COVID-19 in Malawi
In Malawi, the European Union-funded Kulima Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Returns Project (BETTER), of which Self Help Africa is a lead agency, has invested in materials worth over 200 million MWK (€239K) to support nearly 150,000 households in 10 districts in the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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