We’re delighted that St Helen’s farm, the home of fresh goats milk, has confirmed a twelve-month partnership with Self Help Africa. The Yorkshire-based farm supplies a range of goats’ milk products across all major supermarkets.
Read MoreSupporting enterprise in Africa
Helping rural African farming communities to earn more from their work is central to Self Help Africa. It’s at the heart of what a recently created subsidiary, Partner Africa, does too. A pioneering social enterprise established to enable African farm businesses, flower growers and others to access new markets, Partner Africa also supports businesses to earn more from their work.
Read MoreWorking together for greater impact
Self Help Africa has always believed in the value of partnerships and working with others to deliver better results. It’s the very foundation of how we deliver our projects in Africa. That’s why we are so pleased to be able to announce our merger with Ireland’s longest established development agency, Gorta.
Read MoreMusical farmer strikes the right chord
Misheck Mwanza struck just the right chord when his band topped the Zambian charts with their single “Lazy people run away from farming” a quarter century ago. But the song didn’t last and a career in music didn’t last either for Misheck, who made the long journey home from capital city Lusaka to take up farming again.
Read MoreTomato Marketing
Rising out of the surrounding marshes is a hillock on which Chali Mange Llishebo and his sons and nephews are involved in the small-scale commercial production of tomatoes and cabbage.One of 73 local members of the Lui Farmers Commodity Group, his half-acre plot has been a hive of activity in … Read More
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Sustainable Improvements to Farming Offer Long-Term Benefits
Moofat and Memory Mogombo have three children and farm a plot of land just outside Mabwera village in central Malawi. Until Self Help Africa came to their village, they grew just maize and tobacco, which left them vulnerable to drastic fluctuations in price from year to year. “There were times,” … Read More
Read MoreDoctor of Crops
Lead farmer Frederick Msiska from Malawi. Fredrick (the ‘Doctor of Crops’) is a very dynamic and innovative farmer who has adopted practically every sustainable agriculture practice known! He gave us a tour of his fields which included 9000+ maize plants and 3000+ groundnuts all looking very healthy and grown with … Read More
Read MoreA Couple of Model Farmers
Farmers Laurence and Margaret Malikita are an inspiration to their friends and neighbours in Libwalo village, in Malawi’s Nsondole Project area, outside Zomba. They are members of the Libwalo Village Farmers Club established by Self Help in the late 1990’s to promote improved irrigation and farming practices in the community. Laurence … Read More
Read MoreSupporting Enterprise in Ethiopia
When Mestawet Negash separated from her husband three years ago, it was necessary for her to start earning money to support her young family. She recently joined the new savings and credit co-operative (SACCO), established by Self Help Africa at Alem Tena, and took out a loan with which to … Read More
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