Farming families are benefitting from the use of a new trading platform
Read MoreEnterprising Samada’s a role model for others
Enterprising Samada is a role model for other’s in her village in south-western Uganda
Read MoreTruTrade: Unlocking the value chain
2015 was the first full trading year for TruTrade, an innovative start-up social enterprise which is majority-owned by Self Help Africa
Read MoreOrganic dividend for pineapple growers
Pineapple producers in Uganda are being supported to go organic so that they will earn more from the sale of their fruit.
Read MoreBeekeeping suits young farming couple
Married as teens, Evalyne (28) and 30-year old Tito have been working side by side on their farm for the past decade. Parents of four young children, supporting the family on a just a small parcel of land in rural Uganda hasn’t always been easy – yet they have managed, together.
Read MoreFlora’s farm funds children’s education
Ugandan farmer Flora Nyirangaba’s recent farming success is causing an unusual problem. Last year she harvested just five bags of rice, this year she estimates she will end up with at least 15 and now she has to come up with a creative way to store them.
Read MoreFarm training pay off for Agnes
When experienced farmer Agnes Katushabe (53) volunteered her farm as a demonstration site to promote the production of healthy and nutritious food crops, she didn’t anticipate the added benefits she would get from the experience.
Read MoreGoat scheme makes light of challenge
Patrick Kakuru is looking forward to a time when the day no longer ends when the sun goes down.
Like 95% of rural Ugandans, he lives ‘off the grid’, with no access to mains electricity. However, support from a Self Help Africa project has made the future a little brighter.
Read MoreChildren’s future motivates Emmanuel
A club foot that makes it difficult to farm the steep mountain slopes of Bukimbiri district in Uganda is just one of the obstacles that 54-year old Emmanuel Ngororano has had to overcome in his life.
But he has succeeded in producing enough to keep his family fed, although he struggles to afford the ever-increasing costs of sending his children to school.
Read MoreFarming for the family
Scovia and Gastone Ndisasirwa are amongst thousands of Ugandans whose lives are being transformed by a scheme supporting the development of fruit and vegetable gardens as a means of improving household nutrition.
Young parents of two girls, their garden now looks as if it could stock a supermarket vegetable counter – with cabbage, amaranthus, papaya and tomato growing alongside pumpkin and other produce.
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