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Tom Brown: Supporting Women, Children and Rural Communities in Nigeria

Self Help Africa7th June 2024Agriculture & Nutrition, News, Nigeria, West Africa

Nigerian women holding a plate of Tom Brown

Tom Brown is a traditional Nigerian food supplement made with a combination of different cereals and locally sourced products. It’s especially beneficial for infants, young children and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition.

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Birth certs supports Nigeria’s ‘invisible’ children

Self Help Africa13th February 2024News, Nigeria, West Africa

A door-to-door birth registration programme in partnership with UNICEF is supporting children and families with a more certain future. 

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Gambia’s farm workers team with Waitrose

Self Help Africa25th January 2024News, The Gambia, West Africa

Restoring West Africa’s Disappearing Mangrove Forests

Self Help Africa6th December 2023News, Senegal, The Gambia, West Africa

Self Help Africa has replanted more than 500 hectares of degraded mangrove swamps along the coastal estuaries of Senegal and The Gambia to protect disappearing mangrove forests.

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Revitalising Vital Mangrove Ecosystems in Senegal

Self Help Africa4th May 2022Climate Change, News, Senegal, West Africa

Mangroves are vital ecosystems but they’re under threat. We’re leading efforts to protect and enhance mangrove ecosystems in Senegal.

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Projects Worked with Over 378,000 families

Self Help Africa3rd September 2020Ethiopia, featured, Kenya, News, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia

Self Help Africa’s projects impacted the lives of 2.5 million people and worked directly with 275,000 households, last year.

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Households Combatting Climate Extremes

Self Help Africa5th August 2020Burkina Faso, Climate Change, featured, News, West Africa

Farming families working with Self Help Africa in Burkina Faso have become more resllient to extreme climate change events.

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COVID-19 – Message from the CEO

Self Help Africa24th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

A message from CEO Ray Jordan to supporters, on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mary’s Mango Tree

Self Help Africa24th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Burkina Faso, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

Mary Banda and her daughter Sophia

Mary Banda earns almost half her annual income from a mango tree that grows in her front yard in Northern Malawi.

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Cashew boost for West African women

Self Help Africa11th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

Cashew processing in West Africa

Self Help Africa is involved in a three-way response to the locust crisis in East Africa, together with UN and government agencies

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