Africa Day is an annual event to celebrate African unity and culture on May 25th. Join Team Green to celebrate and we’ll plant ten treed in Africa and one in Ireland for every €5 donated.
Read MoreCelebrating 50 Years of Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to highlight environmental issues across the planet and demonstrate support for environmental protection.
Read MoreHouseholds Combatting Climate Extremes
Farming families working with Self Help Africa in Burkina Faso have become more resllient to extreme climate change events.
Read MoreResponding to East Africa’s Locust Invasion
Self Help Africa is involved in a three-way response to the locust crisis in East Africa, together with UN and government agencies
Read MoreSupporting women traders on Africa’s borders
Supporting women traders on Africa’s land borders.
Read MoreWorst drought in Zambia in generations
Drought in Zambia has plunged parts of the southern African country into crisis. Winter food production has collapsed, leaving tens of thousands of families hungry, forced to ration their households to just a single meal a day. It is the first time since 2004 that the UN World Food Programme … Read More
Read MoreSupporting Root Crop Production in Kenya
Self Help Africa is playing a lead role in a major national campaign to promote greater household consumption and farm production of a number of ‘poor man’s crops’ in Kenya. The country’s first ‘National Root and Tuber Crops Development Strategy 2019-2022’ was launched this month, and is seeking to support … Read More
Read MoreRecord-Breaking Reforestation
Self Help Africa is proud to have played a part in Ethiopia’s world-record breaking reforestation initiative, by planting tens of thousands of new trees in Ethiopia. Our country team joined the Government-led initiative that is aiming to plant four billion trees in the country by the end of 2019. In … Read More
Read MoreSeed security and success for Sisay and Kelemua
Change happened for Sisay and Kelemua 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.
Read MoreHelping Communities Cope with Flood Threat
Self Help Africa is providing training in Malawi to support communities to be better prepared for disasters caused by flooding, drought and other weather and environmental events.
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