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

Self Help Africa8th November 2022Agriculture & Nutrition, Gender, News

Woman sits surrounded by onions outside, holding one onion up to the camera and smiling

The saying ‘knowledge is power’ may be a cliché but when it comes to supporting rural women farmers 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 … Read More

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Five Takeaways From Our Inaugural Webinar to Mark International Day of Rural Women

Self Help Africa20th October 2022Events, Gender, News

Find out about the key messages from a panel of African women in our recent webinar to mark International Day of Rural Women.

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Gender Comic Book is Helping Families to Work Together

Self Help Africa18th August 2022Gender, Malawi, News

In rural Malawi, a new comic book on the topic of gender is helping communities to learn, discuss and progress gender equality.

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Support the Moms of Kibera

Self Help Africa1st May 2020Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News

A mother in Kibera, Kenya

It’s said, “Mothers Know Best”. That’s never been more true.

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Biking Out of Poverty

Self Help Africa23rd April 2020Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, News, West Africa

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 lives in a village close to Karonga 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

A newly-launched cashew project will provide a valuable source of income for 2,800 women farmers in West Africa.

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A BETTER life for Alice

Self Help Africa7th March 2019Enterprise Development, Gender, Malawi, News

Since joining a village savings and loans group (VSLA), Alice used a small loan to build a piggery and buy a breeding sow that soon provided her with five piglets that she could fatten and sell.

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New EU-funded project to create environmentally sustainable jobs in Uganda

Self Help Africa25th July 2018Agriculture & Nutrition, Cooperatives, Gender, News, Uganda

Self Help Africa are the lead partner in an innovative new EU-funded project that aims to create a sustainable ‘green economy’ in the Lake Bunyonyi region of Uganda.

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New EU-funded project to benefit 100,000 farmers in Kenya

Self Help Africa11th June 2018Agriculture & Nutrition, Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, Kenya, News

EU funded program will help thousands of small farmers and entrepreneurs in Kenya to scale up their business and move away from subsistence farming.

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