International Women’s Day takes place on Sunday, 8th March next, and to mark the occasion we’re inviting friends and supporters to join us in celebrating Africa’s hard-working women farmers. We’d love you to mark the occasion by hosting a Coffee Morning, large or small, to support our work with African women.
Read MoreYoung mum proud of new role
Bwalya “Emma’ Kangwa is a mother of two young children she is also proud of her role as a voluntary community adviser. Using the skills she has learnt from Self Help Africa she travels the district mentoring others.
Read More16 days of activism on gender
A series of pictures and stories of Malawian women who are working with four Irish international organisations in the country are the subject of “16 Days of Activism” on gender equality which was launched recently in the southern African country. This exhibition offers a glimpse of some of the gender work of being undertaken by Self Help Africa and by three other development organisations – Concern Worldwide, Goal and; Trócaire in Malawi in recent years.
Read MoreBig Give Doubles Your Donation
Would you like to double your money and help more farmers escape hunger and poverty? Donate online through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, and your donation to Self Help Africa could be doubled. To make your money go further for African farmers, please donate online on 4th, 5th or 6th December on our Big Give page.
Read MoreNutrition central to agriculture development
<pThe blight of hunger and malnutrition, which affects one in 12 people across the globe, is the central focus of an international conference hosted by the UN in Rome, this month. Figures from across the globe, including Pope Francis, attended the event, to find solutions to a global challenge that, in a world of so many excesses, is hard to countenance in the 21st century.
Read MoreKidding Around for Africa this Christmas
The festive season is full of merriment, laughter and lots of kidding around! Our friends at St Helen’s Farm – the UK’s leading goat milk producer – are looking for your happy, funny, quirky Christmas photos!
Read MoreDialling in to phone initiative
There has been exceptionally strong take-up for a new mobile phone-based agriculture information system rolled out by Self Help Africa in Malawi. Launched just weeks ago, the system has to-date been accessed by over 85,000 unique phone users across the country.
Read MoreTomato processors retail dividend
A tomato preservation business established by a group of enterprising women in Malawi has underlined the huge potential for African smallholder farmers to earn more from the food that they grow.
Read MoreRacing to compete in toughest endurance event
Athletes from over a dozen countries have signed up to compete in Ireland’s toughest 24-hour endurance event, with a full-house field of 100 competitors confirmed for the second edition of ‘The Race’, next Spring. Organised as a charity fundraiser for Self Help Africa, the 250km endurance marathon will return for its second year to Donegal in Ireland’s North-West, in March 2015.
Read MoreOrange is the New Black star for US gala
An award-winning star of hit TV show ‘Orange is the New Black’ will be the special guest at Self Help Africa’s gala Change-Makers’ Ball in New York, next month. Uzo Aduba – star of the acclaimed ‘Orange is the New Black’ – will join up to 600 guests at the 5th annual black tie event in Manhattan on Friday, 14th November next.
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