In recent months, the worst food crisis in a generation has struck eastern Africa. Millions of families have slipped deeper into poverty, facing starvation. In Baringo County in Kenya, the lack of rainfall has left farmers and pastoralists unable to grow sufficient food crop to meet the needs of the … Read More
Read MoreMango Boom for Kenyan Farming Families
Mango business will support 3,000 small-scale farmers in Kenya
Read MoreHorn of Africa drought and food crisis – a growing catastrophe
Self Help Africa is working with local partners in the Horn of Africa is in the midst of a catastrophic hunger crisis
Read MoreKenya on Frontline as Drought Threatens Millions of Livestock
A veterinary operation backed by Self Help Africa is providing vital health services to Kenyan herders who have lost more than a million animals to sickness and drought, since last Autumn.
Read MoreCassava Transformation Opens up New Markets for Kenyan Farmers
A Self Help Africa project, funded by the EU, has seen cassava production in the Busia region of Kenya blossom.
Read MoreDeadly Flower Powers Farming Revival in Kenya
Pyrethrum – a natural pesticide and previously one of Kenya’s main exports – has seen a revival of its fortunes in recent times. Read why.
Read MoreBBC Appeal supports Women on Climate’s Frontline
Thanks to your generous support we raised over £30,000 with our recent BBC Radio 4 Appeal – which will assist 2,000 households in Baringo.
Read MoreBIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2021
As the producers of much of the food grown on small farms, Africa’s women farmers are locked in a struggle to provide for their families in the face of drier, hotter and more unpredictable weather conditions. In Baringo County in Kenya, decades of extreme weather have contributed to low agricultural … Read More
Read More10,000 Trees Rehabilitate Degraded Kenyan Lands
We joined local communities, forestry and environmental services to plant 10,000 new trees on degraded lands in Baringo County.
Read MoreCovid Recovery Support Protects Agri Jobs and Markets
A Kenyan horticultural company is ‘reinventing itself’ to allow it to protect jobs and markets for hundreds of smallholder farmers.
Read More