For 25-year-old Flavia, onions are a business. The mother of three earns a living selling the vegetables that she grows in a small plot at her home inthe far north west of Uganda. Flavia Dritchelo is a member of a horticultural group being supported and trained by Self Help Africa … Read More
Read More‘BETTER’ school for Merinda
Merinda receives farming education through EU funded BETTER project at local ‘field school’ in Malawi
Read MoreShortlisted For Innovation Award
After a troubled childhood, young Francis is starting to rebuild his life thanks to support from Self Help Africa
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 MoreCosta’s long journey to safety and security
The road to safety and security has been long and difficult for 30-year-old Costa Uwimana. Forced to flee her home country of Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo when she was only about eight years old, it was only a few months before Costa had to leave again, this time for Angola.
Read MoreCould ‘going green’ break the cycle of poverty in rural Uganda?
An innovative new project is hoping to break the cycle of poverty in rural Uganda, through the creation of a sustainable ‘green economy’.
Read MoreImproved seeds help farmer cope with extreme droughts
In Burkina Faso, François Tarpaga is coping better with the recurring droughts hitting the country thanks to improved seeds and new farming techniques.
Read MoreIrish students take trip of a lifetime to rural Malawi
A group of 20 Irish students and teachers met with rural communities in Malawi during a Development Education study trip
Read MoreStories of 2017
This year, you have helped us to support hundreds of thousands of smallholder farming families across sub-Saharan Africa. We look back at the farmers’ stories that marked the year.
Read MoreWhere Nothing Grows
Self Help Africa supports a women’s horticultural group in Burkina Faso’s scorching central plateau.
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