More than 220 women and young people in North-Eastern Uganda are growing ginger as a cash crop to generate an income and support local market demand.
Read MoreWorld Food Day 2020: Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together.
World Food Day 2020 will be celebrated on Friday, 16 October, with the theme Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together – thanking farmers and food system workers.
Read MoreIrish Emergency Alliance combatting coronavirus
Self Help Africa is teaming up with five other leading Irish overseas aid charities to support some of the world’s poorest communities to respond to the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreOnline Celebration of Student Science Projects
Self Help Africa’s popular ‘Science for Development’ showcase, in collaboration with Irish Aid, goes ‘online’ next Wednesday, Sept 23rd.
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 MoreGlobal Greening with Electric Picnickers!
Self Help Africa has participated in the Electric Picnic festival for the past decade, engaging with festival goers on a wide range of issues, and having fun along the way!
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 MoreHouseholds Combatting Climate Extremes
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 MoreSnapshots From The Field
Self Help Africa latest Newsletter In our latest supporter newsletter – Snapshots from the Field – you’ll get to read about how we’re helping communities braced for COVID-19 by distributing information and supplies, and how a simple home-made ‘tippy tap’ is an effective way to promote hand hygiene – even where … Read More
Read MoreA Message From Our CEO On Black Lives Matter
All of us in Self Help Africa have been horrified to watch video footage and accounts of police brutality in the US against the African-American community. We stand in solidarity with those calling for an end to systemic racism in the US and elsewhere.
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