Self Help Africa UK
  • About
    • About Us
    • Strategy 2023-2027
    • Finances & Reports
    • Technical, Data and Policy Resources
    • Governance
    • Careers
      • UK and Northern Ireland
      • International
      • Close
    • Tenders
    • Close
  • Our Work
    • Where We Work
      • Burkina Faso
      • Ethiopia
      • Kenya
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Nigeria
      • Zambia
      • Close
    • How We Work
      • Agriculture & Nutrition
      • Climate
      • Enterprise
      • Gender
      • Microfinance
      • Trees
      • Water & Sanitation (WASH)
      • Cooperatives
      • Sustainable Development Goals
      • Close
    • Close
  • Support Us
    • Regular Giving
    • Events
    • Fundraise
    • Volunteer
    • Harvest Appeal
    • Leaving a Legacy Gift
    • Memorial Tree Planting
    • Schools
    • Gift Aid
    • Close
  • News
    • Supersized’ El Niño risks African farming families’ livelihoods

      3rd September 2026

      Thousands Access Cleaner Energy through Malawi Subsidy Programme 

      7th August 2026

      WASH Systems for Health Programme: Self Help Africa Showcases Two Years of Outcomes and Learning

      1st July 2026
    • Close
  • Sign Up
  • Gifts
  • Donate
  • UK
    • Ireland
    • USA
    • Close

Tag Archive

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.

Read More

They’re Family, and Friends!

Self Help Africa6th May 2020Gender, News

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

Read More

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!

Read More

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.

Read More

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

Read More

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

Read More

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

Read More

‘BETTER’ school for Merinda

Self Help Africa18th June 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Development Education, Malawi, News

Merinda Smiling

Merinda receives farming education through EU funded BETTER project at local ‘field school’ in Malawi

Read More

Shortlisted For Innovation Award

Self Help Africa17th June 2019Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, Kenya, News, Technology, Uganda

TruTrade

After a troubled childhood, young Francis is starting to rebuild his life thanks to support from Self Help Africa

Read More

Seed security and success for Sisay and Kelemua

Self Help Africa7th February 2019Case Study, Climate Change, Cooperatives, Ethiopia, News

Sisay and Kelemua with their farm tools

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 More
  • Page 2 of 7
  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • ...
  • 7
  • →

Recent Posts

  • Supersized’ El Niño risks African farming families’ livelihoods
  • Thousands Access Cleaner Energy through Malawi Subsidy Programme 
  • WASH Systems for Health Programme: Self Help Africa Showcases Two Years of Outcomes and Learning

Categories


Self Help Africa - Shrewsbury
Suite 1, Old Grammar School House,
School Gardens, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Tel. 01743 277170


Self Help Africa - NI
NICVA Building
61 Duncairn Gardens
Belfast BT15 2GB
Tel +44 28 9142 2270

more info

  • FAQ
  • Careers – UK/NI
  • Careers – International
  • Governance
  • Contact
fundraising regulator

latest news

Supersized’ El Niño risks African farming families’ livelihoods

3rd September 2026

Thousands Access Cleaner Energy through Malawi Subsidy Programme 

7th August 2026

WASH Systems for Health Programme: Self Help Africa Showcases Two Years of Outcomes and Learning

1st July 2026

Transforming communities through collective savings

26th June 2026

facebook1 insta twitter1 youtube1 twitter1

  • privacy
  • Dochas Code of Conduct
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Donor Charter
  • Confidential Reporting

Self Help Africa (UK) is registered as a charity in England and Wales no. 298830 and a company limited by guarantee no. 02226352.
Our registered office is at Suite 1, Old Grammer School House, School Gardens, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ