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A BETTER life for Alice

Self Help Africa7th March 2019Enterprise Development, Gender, Malawi, News

Since joining a village savings and loans group (VSLA), Alice used a small loan to build a piggery and buy a breeding sow that soon provided her with five piglets that she could fatten and sell.

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Single mum becomes a businesswoman

Self Help Africa7th March 2019Enterprise Development, Kenya, News

Single mum Jescah learned how to grow cassava commercially, and is now earning her own income for the first time in her life.

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Furaha’s journey: from fear to farming

Self Help Africa31st August 2018Agriculture & Nutrition, featured, News, Zambia

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

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Young Mum Changes Future for Her Family

Self Help Africa21st December 2017Enterprise Development, featured, Gender, Malawi, News

In Northern Malawi, Malidadi Chilonga is farming to provide a better future for her young family

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A New Beginning

Self Help Africa16th January 2017Agriculture & Nutrition, News, West Africa

With seeds, training and access to a vegetable storehouse, Binta has overcome some difficult times and is now providing for her family better than before.

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Mother earns a better income from improved livestock

Self Help Africa28th September 2016Ethiopia, Gender, News

In Ethiopia, amid food shortages, a mother provides for her family thanks to the sale of improved breeds.

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Featured stories

Project will Support Hundreds of New Green Businesses in Zambia

1st July 2024

Empowering Rural Women Entrepreneurs To Drive Change

21st June 2024

Self Help Africa: Working For A World Where Refugees Are Welcomed

20th June 2024

El Niño Weather Patterns Causing Food Insecurity in Malawi

30th May 2024

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