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How improving access to information helped these Gambian women transform their lives

Self Help Africa7th November 2022Agriculture & Nutrition, Gender, News, Uncategorised

Woman farmer sits among harvested onions, smiling and holding one onion up to the camera.

The saying ‘knowledge is power’ may be a cliché but when it comes to supporting rural women in The Gambia, it’s never been more accurate. In Africa, 80 per cent of agricultural production comes from smallholder farmers, who are mostly rural women, yet they are often unable to meet their … Read More

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Supporting Nomadic Families Cope with Climate

Self Help Africa15th October 2020featured, Kenya, News

A new four year development project in Kenya’s Baringo region will support pastoralist communities to cope with and adapt their farming systems to cope with climate change.

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World Food Day 2020: Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together.

Self Help Africa7th October 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, featured, News

World Food Day 2020 will be celebrated on Friday, 16 October, with the theme Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together – thanking farmers and food system workers.

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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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They’re Family, and Friends!

Self Help Africa6th May 2020Gender, News

Veronica Brown describes her teenage daughter Lynda as ‘my best friend.’

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On Their Bikes out of Poverty

Self Help Africa23rd April 2020Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News

Members of a womens savings and loans group in Malawi are biking their way out of poverty!

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Mary’s Mango Tree

Self Help Africa24th March 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, 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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Responding to East Africa’s Locust Invasion

Self Help Africa13th February 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Climate Change, Ethiopia, Kenya, News

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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Community Saves Together

Self Help Africa1st July 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Development Education, Malawi, News

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

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