In Zambia, children are engaging in environmental efforts to combat climate change.
Read MoreWetland Farming Reaps Conservation Dividend
Zambian farmers are adopting conservation agriculture techniques to boost their incomes and protect the natural environment.
Read MoreHorn of Africa drought and food crisis – a growing catastrophe
Self Help Africa is working with local partners in the Horn of Africa is in the midst of a catastrophic hunger crisis
Read MoreProjects Worked Directly with 275,000 Families
Self Help Africa’s annual report shows that the organisation worked with 275,000 households, last year.
Read MoreSupporting women traders on Africa’s land borders
Africa’s land borders can be busy, chaotic and, for the many thousands of women who operate as small-scale cross-border traders, dangerous. In East Africa, Self Help Africa’s social enterprise subsidiary Partner Africa has been working with 2,000 of these operators, providing women along four of Burundi’s borders with the skills … Read More
Read MoreResponding to the hunger crisis in Zambia
The unseasonal drought in Zambia has plunged the country into crisis. Maize production has declined dramatically, leaving tens of thousands of families hungry, forced to ration their households to just a single meal a day. Self Help Africa are currently working in some areas that have been severely affected by … Read More
Read MoreRefugee mum gets fresh start
A refugee for half her life, young mum Janet has created a small business in her refugee camp, transforming the life of her children.
Read MoreFuraha’s journey: from fear to farming
Furaha Mwisha saw her parents being murdered when she was just 9 years-old. After 10 years of a nomadic life, she now lives in a refugee camp in Zambia, where’s learning to become a self-sufficient farmer thanks to Self Help Africa
Read MoreCosta’s long journey to safety and security
The road to safety and security has been long and difficult for 30-year-old Costa Uwimana. Forced to flee her home country of Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo when she was only about eight years old, it was only a few months before Costa had to leave again, this time for Angola.
Read MoreFuture blooming brighter for Loveness
The Deputy Director of Zambia’s Ministry of Agriculture paid tribute to Self Help Africa for leading the way in improving access to quality seed for farmers in the country.
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