Ugandan farmer Flora Nyirangaba’s recent farming success is causing an unusual problem. Last year she harvested just five bags of rice, this year she estimates she will end up with at least 15 and now she has to come up with a creative way to store them.
Read MoreGreener Grass at Home for Ugandan Youth
Self Help Africa is creating opportunities for rural youth in Uganda to make livings for themselves in rural Uganda
Read MoreHoney helps Ugandan family
Beekeeping enteprise is helping Ugandan couple to plan for a brighter future
Read MoreIncomes boost from new trading service
Rural poor farming families selling through a new trading service are earning on average 18% more for their crops
Read MoreEnterprising Samada’s a role model for others
Enterprising Samada is a role model for other’s in her village in south-western Uganda
Read MoreOrganic benefit for pineapple producers
Pineapple growers in Uganda are developing markets and going organic so that they will earn more from selling their fruit.
Read MoreBeekeeping suits young farming couple
Married as teens, Evalyne (28) and 30-year old Tito have been working side by side on their farm for the past decade. Parents of four young children, supporting the family on a just a small parcel of land in rural Uganda hasn’t always been easy – yet they have managed, together.
Read MoreFarm training pay off for Agnes
When experienced farmer Agnes Katushabe (53) volunteered her farm as a demonstration site to promote the production of healthy and nutritious food crops, she didn’t anticipate the added benefits she would get from the experience.
Read MoreGoat scheme makes light of challenge
Patrick Kakuru is looking forward to a time when the day no longer ends when the sun goes down.
Like 95% of rural Ugandans, he lives ‘off the grid’, with no access to mains electricity. However, support from a Self Help Africa project has made the future a little brighter.
Read MoreChildren’s future motivates Emmanuel
A club foot that makes it difficult to farm the steep mountain slopes of Bukimbiri district in Uganda is just one of the obstacles that 54-year old Emmanuel Ngororano has had to overcome in his life.
But he has succeeded in producing enough to keep his family fed, although he struggles to afford the ever-increasing costs of sending his children to school.
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