Self Help Africa worked with approximately 2.2 million people across 33 development projects in 2018, its annual meeting heard last week. The organisation’s largest project was in Kenya, where more than €24m was being invested over a five-year period in strengthening agri-business and creating new markets for 100,000 small-scale farmers. … Read More
Read MoreCommunity Saves Together
For 25-year-old Flavia, onions are a business. The mother of three earns a living selling the vegetables that she grows in a small plot at her home inthe far north west of Uganda. Flavia Dritchelo is a member of a horticultural group being supported and trained by Self Help Africa … Read More
Read MoreNew EU-funded project to create environmentally sustainable jobs in 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.
Read MoreNew EU-funded project to benefit 100,000 farmers in Kenya
EU funded program will help thousands of small farmers and entrepreneurs in Kenya to scale up their business and move away from subsistence farming.
Read MoreNew farming methods mean success for Queen
In Malawi, new farming methods and livestock rearing have made Queen Musukwa a role model in her village.
Read MoreCooperative gives mother new-found confidence
In Ethiopia, Kokebe Ababa says joining her local savings and credits cooperative boosted her confidence and transformed her life.
Read MoreThe Meki Batu Fruit and Veg Co-Op
Formed in Meki town, Ethiopia, as an agricultural union to represent the interests of 12 producer groups across a district that was the site of one of Self Help Africa’s earliest agricultural projects, Meki Batu Fruit and Vegetable Growers Cooperative is virtually unrecognisable today from the organization that was created in 2002.
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