Have you considered setting yourself a great charity challenge in 2015? If so, we might just have a proposition that will interest our Shropshire supporters.,Self Help Africa is currently recruiting volunteers to join us at a series of great challenges that are taking place in the coming months.
Read MoreInternational women’s day for Africa
International Women’s Day takes place on Sunday, 8th March next, and to mark the occasion we’re inviting friends and supporters to join us in celebrating Africa’s hard-working women farmers. We’d love you to mark the occasion by hosting a Coffee Morning, large or small, to support our work with African women.
Read MoreYoung mum proud of new role
Bwalya “Emma’ Kangwa is a mother of two young children she is also proud of her role as a voluntary community adviser. Using the skills she has learnt from Self Help Africa she travels the district mentoring others.
Read More16 days of activism on gender
A series of pictures and stories of Malawian women who are working with four Irish international organizations in the country are the subject of “16 Days of Activism” on gender equality which was launched recently in the southern African country. This exhibition offers a glimpse of some of the gender work of being undertaken by Self Help Africa and by three other development organizations – Concern Worldwide, Goal and; Trócaire in Malawi in recent years.
Read MoreBig Give Doubles Your Donation
Would you like to double your money and help more farmers escape hunger and poverty? Donate online through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, and your donation to Self Help Africa could be doubled. To make your money go further for African farmers, please donate online on 4th, 5th or 6th December on our Big Give page.
Read MoreEthiopian widow’s seed success
A widow, Schmegie Kulbla is part of the solution to the problem that small-scale farmers across Ethiopia face in accessing good quality crop seed. Upwards of 90% of the country’s farmers produce their own seed from year to year, standards are poor, and often result in crop yields that are just a fraction of their potential.
Read MoreNutrition central to agriculture development
<pThe blight of hunger and malnutrition, which affects one in 12 people across the globe, is the central focus of an international conference hosted by the UN in Rome, this month. Figures from across the globe, including Pope Francis, attended the event, to find solutions to a global challenge that, in a world of so many excesses, is hard to countenance in the 21st century.
Read MoreKidding Around for Africa this Christmas
The festive season is full of merriment, laughter and lots of kidding around! Our friends at St Helen’s Farm – the UK’s leading goat milk producer – are looking for your happy, funny, quirky Christmas photos!
Read MoreDialling in to phone initiative
There has been exceptionally strong take-up for a new mobile phone-based agriculture information system rolled out by Self Help Africa in Malawi. Launched just weeks ago, the system has to-date been accessed by over 85,000 unique phone users across the country.
Read MoreTomato processors retail dividend
A tomato preservation business established by a group of enterprising women in Malawi has underlined the huge potential for African smallholder farmers to earn more from the food that they grow.
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