Self Help Africa commenced work late last year on a major new development programme designed to improve the livelihoods of more than 16,000 households in Zambia’s remote Northern Province.

The Irish Aid funded project will establish an integrated livelihood programme that addresses agricultural production, crop diversification, production and marketing, as well as health and nutrition for 10,000 households in the Mbale District and a further 6,000 households in Luwingu District of Northern Province.

Close to ten million euro will be invested in the work over a period of five years.