Taking out a loanIt costs us !120 on average to support one ruralAfrican family to help them work their way outof poverty.
Ngist Ayere from Bora in Ethiopia has built anew home and sent her three children to schoolsince receiving training through Self Help Africa.She has joined the womens’ savings and creditco-op and taken out a loan to begin fatteningoxen to sell in the future.
More than 13,000 women have started theirown income generating activities, after takingloans from savings and credit co-ops (SACCOs)set up with the support of Self Help, in Ethiopia.
To read more about the people we areworking with, on our web-site atwww.selfhelpafrica.com.
How we work
Self Help Africa was formedin 2008 following theintegration of two agencieswith a long record of workingsuccessfully in Africa- theUnited Kingdom NGO HarvestHelp, and Irish NGO Self HelpDevelopment International.
Self Help Africa delivers practical, cost effective andsustainable solutions to thechallenges faced by Africa’srural poor.
Self Help Africa
Contact Us
Annefield HouseDublin RoadPortlaoiseCo. LaoisIreland
Tel. +353- (0)57 8694034Fax. +353- (0)57 8694038E-mail :[email protected] Website : www.selfhelpafrica.com
!! Growing Enough FoodMore than 80% of Africans depend heavily ongrowing and producing their own food. Our workhelps them to do this on a sustainable basis.Activities include: improving productivity usinglocal resources, irrigation, management of water,crops & livestock; providing affordable local seedsupply; and protecting the environment.
!! Earning a LivingDeveloping new sources of income is essential forgreater economic security for any family. Activities include: access to savings & credit,training, supporting co-ops, and the sale andmarketing of surpluses.
!! Working TogetherFarmers’ groups, village banks, water committeesand other groups are essential if a community is toprosper. We help rural communities to managetheir own development. Activities include: community led planning andmonitoring, training in group organisation andleadership, and co-operative development.
!! Accessing Basic ServicesAccess to water, healthcare and education is abasic human right. Activities include: provision of water andsanitation, improving access to healthcare andeducation, and HIV/AIDS support and awareness.
Self Help Africa works with local staff,partners and local communities in Ethiopia,Eritrea, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana,Uganda, Togo and Burkina Faso -
!! Enabling people to grow enough food so thatthey can feed themselves all year round
!! Improving opportunities for people to earn aliving and support their families
!! Providing Africans with the skills they need tomove out of poverty, and manage their futures
!! Improving access to basic social services such asclean drinking water, health-care, and education
!! Supporting local communities to preserve and rehabilitate their natural environment
!! Through advocacy, partnerships, dissemination,and best practice, seeking to influence policiesand attitudes in both Africa and the West, toissues that affect the lives of rural Africans
Self Help Africa has ambitious plans -to effect change, and deliver moresupport to more people. Supportus as we seek to provide moreAfricans with the training, the skills, andthe tools to lead a life free from hunger,poverty and need.
Self Help Africa is an international development agency that works toimprove the lives of rural Africa’s poorest people.
BURKINA FASO • ERITREA • ETHIOPIA • GHANA • KENYA • MALAWI • TOGO • UGANDA • ZAMBIABURKINA FASO • ERITREA • ETHIOPIA • GHANA • KENYA • MALAWI • TOGO • UGANDA • ZAMBIA
There are many ways to help. A contribution of :
!! "12 will buy a bag of locally produced improved quality seed.
!! "55 will buy a treadle pump to help an African farmer to irrigate his crops
!! "100 will enable us to plant over 700 mixed tree seedlings
You can also bbuuyy ggiiffttss or make a donation on ourweb-site, become a vvoolluunntteeeerr in your area, sign-upand bbeeccoommee aa rreegguullaarr ddoonnoorr, travel on a ffiieellddvviissiitt, or set up a ssttaaffff ffuunndd with colleagues at work.
Donations can be sent, marked ‘Freepost’ to : ‘Self HelpAfrica’, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.
!How you can help
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IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: ! 580 million people rely on small scale
farming for a living! 50.5 years is the average life expectancy! 218 million people live in extreme poverty -
with just one very basic meal per day! 50% of children receive just 5 years
schooling, or less! 294 million people don’t have access to
clean water
Self Help Africa implementsrural developmentprogrammes in Uganda atKamuli, Amuria, and Kayunga.
Across Zambia, we workthrough local partners in Mpika,Chipata, Lundazi, Kaoma,Chibombo, Kasempa, Solweziand Kafue, with an increasingfocus on rural enterprise.
Our practical cost effective solutions improve the lives of tens of thousands of rural families in Africa, each year. www.selfhelpafrica.com
ZAMBIA
UGANDA
Self Help Africa has projects atGilgil and Kamara/Tenges, andalso supports a beekeepingdevelopment programme inassociation with local partners.
KENYA
Self Help Africa hasprogrammes at Elabared, EmniHaili and Gogne, and supportsa national beekeepingdevelopment programme.
ERITREA
We have area programmes atBora, Huruta, Sodo andAlemaya, and at regional levelsupport farmers’ co-operativedevelopment and micro-finance programmes.
ETHIOPIA
We work in the north withlocal partners at Karonga,Mhuju and Simlemba, and inthe south of Malawi atKalembo, Masumbankunda,Kaphuka and Msondole.
MALAWI
Self Help Africa is working withlocal partners in Togo on asustainable food securityprogramme around Dapaong, inthe North West of the country.
TOGO
We work with local partners inGhana on sustainable foodproduction, around Bolgatanga,in the remote North East of thecountry.
GHANA
In 2008 Self Help Africa startedwork with five local partnerorganisations to implementlocal food security programmes.
BURKINA FASO
We campaign to raiseawareness on issues affectingAfrica, and work directly, andthrough partners to deliverdevelopment educationprogrammes to schools.
IRELAND/UK
WHERE WE WORK
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