Mobile phones are now being employed by Self help Africa in an innovative new project to spread farming information. For many years, Self Help Africa has helped farmers to access information on how they can improve their farming practices.
Read MoreDINE AROUND THE WORLD
Tuesday October 14th: Three fantastic restaurants, three corners of the world….one unforgettable evening. Food-lovers! You’re invited Dine Around the World on Tuesday 14th October without even leaving Shrewsbury.
Read MoreSoprano star muscles in for Africa
Self Help Africa’s US team have some serious muscle in their corner, to paraphrase the hit American TV show.
Read MoreGoats for Good
We’re delighted that St Helen’s farm, the home of fresh goats milk, has confirmed a twelve-month partnership with Self Help Africa. The Yorkshire-based farm supplies a range of goats’ milk products across all major supermarkets.
Read MoreSupporting enterprise in Africa
Helping rural African farming communities to earn more from their work is central to Self Help Africa. It’s at the heart of what a recently created subsidiary, Partner Africa, does too. A pioneering social enterprise established to enable African farm businesses, flower growers and others to access new markets, Partner Africa also supports businesses to earn more from their work.
Read MoreWorking together for greater impact
Self Help Africa has always believed in the value of partnerships and working with others to deliver better results. It’s the very foundation of how we deliver our projects in Africa. That’s why we are so pleased to be able to announce our merger with Ireland’s longest established development agency, Gorta.
Read MoreMusical farmer strikes the right chord
Misheck Mwanza struck just the right chord when his band topped the Zambian charts with their single “Lazy people run away from farming” a quarter century ago. But the song didn’t last and a career in music didn’t last either for Misheck, who made the long journey home from capital city Lusaka to take up farming again.
Read MoreTomato Marketing
Rising out of the surrounding marshes is a hillock on which Chali Mange Llishebo and his sons and nephews are involved in the small-scale commercial production of tomatoes and cabbage.One of 73 local members of the Lui Farmers Commodity Group, his half-acre plot has been a hive of activity in … Read More
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Sustainable Improvements to Farming Offer Long-Term Benefits
Moofat and Memory Mogombo have three children and farm a plot of land just outside Mabwera village in central Malawi. Until Self Help Africa came to their village, they grew just maize and tobacco, which left them vulnerable to drastic fluctuations in price from year to year. “There were times,” … Read More
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