Self Help Africa - Annual Report 2008

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Annual Report 2008

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A RURAL AFRICA FREE FROM HUNGER & POVERTY is a rural development agency that seeks to improve the lives of some of the poorest communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The organisation works with local staff, local partners and rural communities in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Togo and Zambia. Self Help Africa’s aim is to deliver cost effective and sustainable solutions to the challenges facing rural African people. WHAT WE DO Activities that enable people to grow enough food all year around Crop diversification, improving access to quality seed, supporting irrigated farming, improving livestock, promoting the use of appropriate technologies and other sustainable farming methods. Initiatives that improve opportunities for Africans to earn a living Improving access to micro-finance and loans, providing skills, training and backing for initiatives that allow rural households to increase their earnings and diversify their sources of income. Activities to improve access to basic social services Support for bore hole and shallow well construction, pump distribution, sanitation and pit latrine construction, support for school rehabilitation and expansion, improvements to health services, education and training. Initiatives that support and strengthen the organisational capacity of African communities Promotion and support for farmers co-operatives, support with marketing opportunities, development of improved infrastructures including crop storage facilities, value addition to food production, establishment and support for savings and credit co-operatives and provision of training. Programmes that preserve and rehabilitate their natural environment and use available land wisely Tree planting, nursery development, watershed management programmes, gulley regeneration and land reclamation, soil fertility management, promotion of composting, complementary cropping and other activities to encourage sustainable land use. Advocacy and dissemination for policy change Self Help Africa seeks to influence policies and issues affecting the lives of rural Africans through advocacy, dissemination, partnerships and the promotion of best practice. Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and gender Voluntary counselling and testing programmes and measures to increase understanding and reduce the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS along with activities and training initiatives that promote gender equality.

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W Ray Jordan Chief Executive

elcome to the first annual

inflation in global food prices over the same period underlines the

report of ‘Self Help Africa’.

uncertain times we live in. Nonetheless, it is more pressing than

Within these pages we seek to

ever that we play our part and support communities in Africa so

record some of the notable achievements

that they escape the poverty trap once and for all.

of the organisation leading up to and

The ‘self help’ approach to development that is applied by our

following the successful integration of

organisation across more than 40 development programmes in

the operations of Self Help Development

nine countries works. We have seen it time and again and the

International and Harvest Help, last

achievements and impacts are well documented in numerous

summer.

independent evaluations and assessments of our work. It is also

Although Self Help Africa is a new organisation, the programmes

in our view the most cost effective way to achieve sustainable

that we are implementing and the support that we are providing

and lasting change for the communities in Africa with whom we

in our African programmes and here at home in Ireland and

collaborate.

the UK is building upon the experience, the knowledge and the

I would urge you to share with us the successes that have been

understanding that the integrated new organisation has drawn

achieved, but do so in the knowledge that a great deal of work

from its 25 years of experience working to alleviate the challenges

must still be done if millions of Africans are to have enough food

faced by Africa’s rural poor.

to eat, clean water to drink and the chance of a better life. Do so

We firmly believe that agricultural production and the needs of

also with the awareness that you too can play your part in making

small-scale farming communities must be at the centre of efforts to

a reality our vision of an Africa free from hunger and poverty.

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INTRODUCTION FROM THE CEO

alleviate poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa in the years ahead. It is a case that we make in the article on food and livelihoods on the following pages and is at the heart of the work that we are doing and which we document throughout this report.

Ray Jordan,

The economic downturn of the past year and the alarming

CEO, Self Help Africa

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INVESTING IN AGRICULTURE

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or 25 years Self Help Africa has been working to improve the lives of rural Africans, investing in sustainable programmes designed to increase food production and enable Africans to

earn a living. Developing agricultural production at both local and regional levels is crucial if the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are going to be able to feed their growing populations in the years ahead. 2008 saw a dramatic increase in world food prices and a wave of protests and rioting, which put the issue of smallscale agriculture into sharp focus for world leaders.

Irrigated horticulture helps rural families to increase production.

The gravity of the situation was evidenced when the Secretary General

improving food security for the world’s poor.

of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon

At the same time as the United Nations was addressing the issue of food

convened an emergency food summit

production the UN’s former chief Kofi Annan launched a separate initiative

in Rome and spoke afterwards of a

designed to drive farm production in Africa.

need to ‘seize the historic opportunity

The number of people going hungry globally is expected to top the one

to revitalise agriculture’.

billion figure for the first time in human history and against this backdrop

While the immediate concern of the

Self Help Africa is more convinced than ever that agriculture provides the

UN sponsored summit was on finding a response to high food prices, the Secretary General also sought the Margaret Malakita irrigates her mustard crop in Malawi.

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creation of a United Nations taskforce to focus on the longer term goal of

“Developing agricultural production at both local and regional levels is crucial.“

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route out of poverty for the world’s poor.

of Africa and thus drive down local prices, are amongst the issues which

Upwards of 80% of the people of the continent, or approximately 600

must be tackled by the world community. It is vital however that a practical

million Africans rely on small scale farming for their survival. It is only by

and pragmatic approach which reflects the culture and the circumstances of

tackling the challenges and difficulties that they face that we will achieve a

African farmers themselves is brought to this challenge.

lasting, long term solution to the problems of extreme poverty.

The 2000 Millennium Development Goal to halve the proportion of the

At Self Help Africa we have found that simple, affordable technologies can

world population facing poverty and under-nourishment by 2015 is in

have a profound effect on agricultural production for small-scale farmers.

jeopardy – with increasing population, climate change and a global recession

Treadle (foot) pumps and drip irrigation kits provided to farm families

all putting additional strain on the resources that are available to assist the

in countries where only 4% of agricultural land is irrigated has enabled

poorest and the most vulnerable.

small-holders to double food production; support for the formation of co-

It is heartening that the G8

operative structures that allow farmers to access good quality seed stock in

countries and other world bodies

time for the planting season and assist co-ops with the marketing and sale of

are prepared to take the lead

any surpluses has helped to lift many rural Africans out of poverty.

in adopting sound agricultural

Complementary cropping and crop rotation, the use of manure based composts rather than oil-based chemical fertilisers and the sustainable use of available

policies and strategies to support farming and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

land and resources are amongst the many other

We hope that others too will

approaches that can help Africans to grow more

see the merit and value of

food in a way that is both cost effective and

this approach and back the

sustainable.

sustainable and participatory

Years of chronic under-investment in the agricultural sector in Africa, allied to unequal trading arrangements which have allowed western producers to dump their surpluses on the markets

approaches to poverty reduction that Self Help Africa has been championing for the past quarter century. Nursery production in Uganda.

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80% OF AFRICANS RELY ON FARMING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL

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ETHIOPIA

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series of integrated area based development programmes

began apple production; a range of

that focus on local food production, income generation

rain fed and irrigated crop production

and improving access to water and social services were

activities were carried out and support

implemented last year by Self Help Africa in Ethiopia. The organisation also supported initiatives to mobilise farmers in Oromia and Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) into primary agricultural co-operatives. These groups and a number of co-operative unions worked to

breeding. The Sodo II programme was supported in 2008 by the Skerries/

diversification and marketing opportunities for

Sodo Community Group.

Self Help Africa expanded micro-finance savings

250 students were recruited to the newly opened Kella High School Papaya production is a valuable way to supplement income.

and credit opportunities, directly supporting the

and more than10,000 people received

mobilisation of 8,000 new members into local

clean water from two new shallow

savings and credit co-operatives (SACCOs) and

wells and the capping of a community

providing backing to five SACCO unions in Oromia

spring. Elsewhere, check dams and micro-basins were constructed to

and SNNPR regions.

conserve water and arrest soil erosion and 35 rope and washer pumps were

Four area-based development programmes at Bora, Huruta, Sodo II and Aleymaya II undertook

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(AI) scheme to improve local livestock

strengthen organisational capacity and to promote farmers.

Rope & washer pumps help households to irrigate land. More than 30 supporters sponsored new pumps for irrigated farming last year.

provided to an artificial insemination

distributed to enable farmers to irrigate farm land. The Huruta area programme supported nearly 4,000 farm families with

activities to improve agriculture and food

improved seed, distributed over half a million tree seedlings, 3,600 poultry

production. Activities also sought to rehabilitate the

birds, 140 beehives and created an irrigation co-operative for 140 farmers.

natural environment, support income generation

A rainwater harvesting scheme was developed to support seven remote

and improve access to water, sanitation, healthcare and education in the four areas. Sodo II, in its third year, distributed droughtresistant enset seedlings to 250 farmers; 90 farmers

“4,000 families in Huruta received improved quality seed.“

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rural villages; more than 1,000 SACCO members received assistance, while

Agricultural Cooperative Development Programmes focussed on measures

nearly 3,000 farmers took part in training in methods of seed multiplication,

to improve incomes, organisational strength and the earning potential of

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co-operative members.

Charitable Foundation, the Huruta Programme completed its three-year development cycle in 2008. The Bora area based programme supported 800 households to set up tree nurseries, assisted a poultry development programme that reached 234 households, promoted a range of both rain-fed and irrigated farming

In Oromia 1,000 members received wheat and other crop seeds under a local seed multiplication programme; seed potatoes were also multiplied and distributed and finance and training was provided to savings and credit cooperative members. This work received support from Dutch based ICCO. In SNNPR region seed multiplication co-operatives provided improved seed

activities and supported composting and irrigated vegetable production at

to over 4,500 farmers. Nearly 3,000 landowners were assisted in starting

farm household level.

production of alternate cash crops including haricot beans, onions and chilli.

Support was provided to a community to sink a borehole and provide clean drinking water to over 500 households. A revolving drug scheme to provide a sustainable supply of medicine to users of a health centre in Alemtena was implemented and training was provided on HIV/AIDS and gender to teachers. At Alemaya II programme more than 1,300 farmers in Ethiopia’s

Structures were put in place to strengthen dairy co-ops, with support being provided for milk production systems, promotion of added value and marketing of dairy produce. Membership of SACCOs in Oromia increased to over 10,000 people, with 29 new primary credit co-ops joining three existing SACCO unions – at Awash, Keleta and Ifa Boru. In SNNRP 8,000

Eastern Highlands benefited from the promotion and

additional members joined primary savings

distribution of improved quality wheat seed, haricot

and credit co-ops, increasing the membership

beans, teff and bean seeds during 2008. Nearly 1,000 other farmers were supplied with garlic, potato and onion bulbs to begin vegetable production, a further 720 households started poultry rearing and 230 farm families planted enset for the first time. Self Help Africa’s Oromia and SNNPR

of two regional SACCO unions to more than 20,000. The Irish League of Credit Unions Foundation (ICLUF) is supporting this work. Described as ‘the tree against famine’ because it can survive drought and can be stored for long periods, enset has been promoted to support food security across Self Help Africa’s Ethiopian programmes for more than a decade.

ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA Bora• Sodo II • Huruta•

•Alemaya II

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ERITREA

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elf Help Africa marked its 15th year in Eritrea in 2008. Work included area programmes in the Gash Barka and Southern Regions and support for a national beekeeping development

programme. The organisation is one of a small number of international development agencies working in the country, the result of a cautious approach to the presence of overseas agencies by a Government that believes Eritrea should not become dependent on the resources of international NGOs. Both of Self Help Africa’s areabased programmes were affected by a shortage of rainfall, which had an impact on crop yields in many areas. A shortage of farming inputs, construction materials and fuel also led to plans for several construction

The search for firewood is a daily chore in rural Eritrea. Homestead woodlots provided by Self Help Africa provide families with a ready supply of fuel wood for their domestic needs.

programmes including dam and pond building being deferred. In 2008 the Emni Haili programme supplied and distributed 500 oxploughs through two community-run farm shops. The programme also distributed, through revolving funds, Rain harvesting ponds in Gogne assisted householders to irrigate their land.

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close to 16,000 fruit tree seedlings; supported planting of an additional

160,000 mixed tree saplings and assisted a programme that treated close to 20,000 livestock at two recently built animal health posts. In Gogne, where the drought was particularly acute, two new rainwater harvesting irrigation ponds were constructed to provide water to more than

“500 ox-ploughs were distributed through farm shops in Emni Haili.“

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410 households (2,500 people) and 4,750 livestock. Because of the dry

Several primary savings and credit co-operatives (SACCOs) were also

conditions these facilities were dry for several months however.

established.

Elsewhere, construction of a new elementary school was undertaken

Nearly 9,000 high school students attended a two-day HIV/AIDS

in Adi Gebru with funding support of €100,000 (£90,000) provided by

awareness raising seminar and 8,200 students attended a drama

friends and family in memory of Irish teacher Barbara Gill, while more than

performance to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, while 480 students visited

140 desks and other furnishings were also provided to fit out the building.

voluntary counselling and testing centres.

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As part of the beekeeping development programme more than 110 colonies were raised and distributed through revolving funds to farm families, while bee fodder planting was undertaken in different areas. Planning and baseline studies for a number of proposed new area-based programmes (ABPs) at Elabared and Mai-Aine sub-regions and at Kimira in the Southern Red Sea region took place. These new programmes will replace the existing ABPs at Gogne and Emni Haili, which will phase out in 2009.

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•Gogne ASMARA Emni Haili •

ETHIOPIA Rosena Garza used a small loan from a Self Help Africa savings co-operative in Gheleb to start a small sewing business in her village.

110 farm families in Eritrea began beekeeping last year.

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KENYA

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elf Help Africa made significant progress towards improving

were promoted across each

food and livelihood security systems in its Kenyan programmes

of these districts.

in 2008, a year that was marred by widespread civil unrest,

unpredictable weather patterns and damaging fluctuations in food

of Self Help Africa’s

prices in the country.

partnership with BAC on a

Food production was increased for householders across both areabased programmes in Gilgil and Kamara. This came despite the enforced

programme that has supported more than 5,000

year, as post election violence caused more than

rural Kenyans across the Rift

120 deaths, destruction of over 3,800 houses

Valley and Pokot regions to

and the displacement of over 24,000 people from

develop beekeeping and

their homes.

honey production activities

Africa and its local partners at Baraka Agricultural College (BAC) teamed up with the Kenyan Red

over the past five years was also carried out.

Dozens attended beekeeping artisan skills training courses at Baraka College, where they learned how to make their own hives.

Agricultural production

Cross and other agencies to provide short-term

was enhanced by seed

emergency support to local communities and later

multiplication and the distribution of alternate seed varieties, as well as

supported conflict resolution measures affecting

by the promotion of improved quality maize. Support was given for the

communities.

distribution of sweet potato and beans as a drought-tolerant crop.

As 2008 progressed major progress was made with efforts to improve food and livelihood A seed multiplication programme helped local crop diversification in Kenya. More than 120 supporters sponsored seed packs in 2008.

beekeeping development

suspension of activities in Kamara early in the

As a result of the violence both Self Help

security activities in Kamara and Gilgil; measures to strengthen local farm production and capacity were undertaken at Nakuru, Bomet, Kericho, Koibatek and Baringo and beekeeping enterprises

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A review and evaluation

Drip irrigation and a range of activities to support farmers associations were undertaken and assistance through revolving fund loans was provided

“Construction of a new primary school at Thome was started.“

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Self Help Africa established a number of valuable funding partnerships during the year - with the Australian High Commission supporting a drip irrigation initiative and Family Health International (FHI) supporting a programme to help individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. Partnerships were also established with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Republic of Finland on the localisation of the Millennium Development Goals and with Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) on a programme of advocacy and environmental rehabilitation in Gilgil and Elementaita. Self Help Africa established a funding partnership with Irish NGO Gorta that provided valuable backing for elements of the organisation’s area based programme at Gilgil. SHA also successfully networked with a range of Kenyan government David Karanja of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute presents packets of drought tolerant beans to a seed multiplier group in Gilgil.

institutions, including the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) on the promotion of drought tolerant crops; the Kenya Rain Water Association; Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) and the Horticultural

to farmer ‘common interest groups’ (CIGs) to build poultry and livestock housing and to strengthen links with Government Ministry services. Crop failures caused by drought and low prices paid for produce affected many producers however. Farmers in Gilgil were also assisted with the production of sunflowers and onions as cash crops. Other activities

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avocado and sunflower was undertaken, with markets sourced for the sale of farmers produce to local outlets in the

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Gilgil area.

•Gilgil NAIROBI

were carried out to improve the management of local natural resources, including the development of water points at Kiambogo and Reracua, while construction of a new primary school at Thome was started.

Links were forged to allow four farmers associations in Gilgil to sell their sunflower crop to a local food oil producer.

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MALAWI

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elf Help Africa’s Malawi Programme is known as FAIR and is

During a three year period (2008-

run in collaboration between ourselves, the Development

2011) FAIR will seek to improve rural

Fund, a Norwegian organisation and the UK-based agency Find

livelihoods and food security for

Your Feet.

upwards of 30,000 households in nine districts, with specific emphasis

The FAIR rural livelihoods programmes continued to work with more than a dozen local partners in the north and central regions. The FAIR

on strengthening the capacity of local

programmes included a range of community based rural development

partners to undertake future activities. The programme is also engaged in

initiatives to support more than 17,000 households (approx. 85,000 people) to improve their livelihoods.

Examining a cassava plantation in Malawi.

food security programme for nearly 9,000

development and conservation, in wetlands management, in

households at Rumphi that receives backing from

HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness and in advocacy.

the European Union and an initiative to train

Local partners undertook a broad range of activities

several thousand ‘lead farmers’ as trainers in

in 2008 including: sinking wells and developing water

communities in Nkhata Bay, Mzimba and Rumphi

sources for drinking and irrigation; promoting and

districts.

developing composting and manure production,

The participatory community approach in

and fruit tree promotion, as well as activities to support

partners - LOMADEF, CICOD and TAPP to re-

“The FAIR programme

the north on new programmes. CICOD and TAPP were also supported to collaborate on a programme to maximise the impact of their work by using shared learning and expertise.

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beekeeping, tree nurseries, alternative vegetable crops

Rumphi was applied to support three local engage with communities in other areas of

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NGOs who are working in areas of biodiversity

In 2008 its activities included an extensive

Support was provided to members of 16 micro-finance groups.

successful partnerships with local

works with more than a dozen local partner NGOs.

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2,200 households began soya production in 2008

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committees to multiply and distribute improved quality seed and alternate seed stock to rural farmers in their areas. Training in crop management was provided to over 670 farmers, while 2,200 households received seed and training to begin soya, cassava, groundnut and sweet potato production. Farmers associations, clubs and co-operatives were formed into associations, clubs and co-operatives; members of 22 groups received training in irrigated horticultural production; 21 livestock groups were supported with goat and pig rearing activities, and the members of 16 primary micro-finance savings and credit co-operatives were linked to the leading finance lending institution FINCOOP. Construction work on new school blocks at Kaweche Primary School in Masumbankhunda and at Mbayi Primary in Kalembo was completed, while additional school improvement work at a further two schools was started A farmers co-operative in Malawi.

during 2008. 18 new shallow wells were sunk and Malda pumps installed; 174 community representatives from 17 villages

and seed multiplication co-operatives were supported, and assistance was

received training in water management and hygiene and

provided with the roll out to communities of voluntary counselling and

a programme to promote agro-forestry and fruit tree

testing services (VCT).

production was started.

Self Help Africa’s two food security and integrated rural development

More than 4,400 people attended HIV/AIDS awareness

programmes, at Masumbankhunda and Kalembo in the south of the

raising activities and training, while nearly 1,300 signed up

country, are seeking to improve the lives of 17,600 households (approx.

for voluntary counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS.

120,000 people) in the geographic areas of Lilongwe and Kalembo Districts respectively, over a five year period to the end of 2011. During 2008 the programmes supported the formation of 74 seed

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and develop livestock production. Small-scale micro-finance programmes

•Rumphi

Simlemba •

•Masumbankhunda

LILONGWE

Kalembo•

In 2008 Self Help Africa finalised its earlier area-based development programmes at Nsondole in Zomba District and at Kaphuka in Dedza.

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UGANDA

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elf Help Africa commenced one new area based programme

with particular focus placed on strengthening the organisational capacity

in Uganda in 2008, bringing to four the number of area based

of farmers associations and co-operatives and on measures to add value to

programmes being implemented in the country.

post-harvest farm produce.

The newest programme was started at Kumi-Bukedea in the second half

A number of seed store management committees were also established

of the year following baseline needs assessment work and the recruitment

across Kamuli, while training programmes were organised for farmers

of local staff. The programme is located in north-eastern Uganda, in an area

associations and assistance provided with the registration of these

with a total population of more than 450,000 people living in and near over

organisations.

440 villages. More than 75% of households live below the poverty line.

In Amuria the focus was also on strengthening existing local structures, although significant work was also carried out with farmers groups and

Preliminary work in Kumi-Bukedea included the identification of suitable sites for cassava multiplication, hosting of a series

associations to improve productivity which had been seriously disrupted by severe flooding in late 2007. Extensive seed distribution was carried out in Amuria through purchase

of meetings with district planners, sub-

and revolving fund, with more than 2,250 households participating in

county leaders and others who will support

groundnut production, 600 households in cassava production

the organisation’s development activities

and a further 210 farmers being supported as part of

over the coming five years. By year end

an improved breed goat programme. To add value

a total of 317 seed multiplication sites for

and save labour with crop production activities two

cassava production had been established. The new programme was started as preparations got underway for the completion of its two longest established Ugandan development programmes – at Groundnuts, upland rice and cassava were amongst the alternate crops being promoted.

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Amuria and Kamuli respectively. Activities in Kamuli were concentrated primarily on managing the exit process,

“2,250 households in Amuria took part in groundnut production

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317 sites for cassava multipication were established.

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considerably, to provide coverage to approximately 80% of the district during the year. An extensive programme of community sensitisation meetings were also held, promotion of alternate crops carried out and distribution of planting materials undertaken. Nearly 3,000 farm families were supported with crop inputs for beans, rice, maize and cassava. A new programme to pilot banana production amongst farmers was started, with 40 households receiving 8,000 plants to begin production and multiplication. Local farmers associations and co-operatives received organisational support and 11 micro-finance savings and credit co-operatives (SACCOs) were created. Assistance was also provided to ensure that farmers groups can form linkages to add value to crop production and source markets for Farm families use small micro-finance loans to buy livestock.

their surplus produce. In Kayunga five farmer-owned tree nurseries

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were established, a sanitation programme ground nut shellers and two cassava chippers were procured and distributed

distributed 600 pit latrine slabs and a further 700

to farmer groups.

pits were dug.

•Amuria

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Two new maternity units were constructed in Amuria at Morungatuny

10 secondary schools were reached with

and Kuju sub-counties respectively, while 17 individual tree nursery farmers

HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention messages,

received training. Mother gardens were established for the production of

five voluntary counselling and testing outreach

both citrus and mango in each of six sub-counties and a programme to

initiatives for HIV/AIDS were supported,18 adult

support cassava seed multiplication was initiated.

literacy classes supported and 30 instructors

The country’s fourth area based programme at Kayunga entered its second year in 2008 and Self Help Africa grew its programme reach

DRC Kayunga• •Kamuli KAMPALA Lake Victoria

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trained to support further adult literacy work in

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the area.

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WEST AFRICA

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elf Help Africa extended its activities in West Africa to Burkina

the Togo programme

Faso, the second poorest country in the world, in 2008. A series

last year.

of new pilot programmes were started in the country with new

local partners.

The organisation began working

This expansion followed the establishment of a regional office in

in West Africa (as

Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso to oversee all of the activities

Harvest Help) in

being supported by Self Help Africa in West Africa – in Togo, Ghana and

2005, when it took

latterly Burkina Faso. Across the three countries Self Help

charge of a number of development

Africa is collaborating with six local

programmes that

development partners, the largest

had been started by

of which is TRAX Togo, which is

the former UK based

implementing work in the far north of

organisation TRAX in

that country.

the late 1980s.

The Togo programme is providing

The activities

support to more than 2,500 households

are in remote rural

(approx. 22,000 people), assisting

communities across a

communities to increase food production

geographical region

and household income, rehabilitate

that includes expansive

the natural environment, improve local

areas of savannah and

access to clean water, address the

semi-arid zones where

Sampana Kourouk, with her daughter Sanbon, has seen her family income increase as a result of practical support they have received.

challenges presented by HIV/AIDS and strengthen local development capacity. Traditional basketry is a valuable way to supplement family income.

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€120,000 (£108,000) provided by the UK Big Lottery Fund was invested in

“The Togo programme is providing support to over 2,500 households.“

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INVESTMENT: €175,469 / £139,735 • PERCENTAGE OF PROGRAMME SPEND: 3%

soil fertility is poor and climatic conditions difficult for food production. The new programmes in Burkina Faso include four year-long pilot programmes carried out by local partners PER, Wend Yam, ORGANIC and ASCDIS. This work is taking place in the provinces of Zondoma, Bam, Oubritenga and Bazaga and focuses on soil fertility management methods; improved seed multiplication and dissemination; livestock health management and improved feeding; bee keeping and awareness of HIV/AIDS. In 2008, Self Help Africa supported a six-month Sustainable Livelihoods and Community Empowerment programme that involved close to 1,000 poor farmers in the Northern and Upper East Regions of Ghana. The work was carried out by a local partner, TRAX Ghana, and included soil fertility management, crop diversification, livestock husbandry and health management, together with awareness on sustainable environment

Timbil Babong in his onion store in Bolgatanga, Ghana.

management. which also provided training to 20 Community Trainers in the area. The West African region where Self Help Africa works is one of the poorest parts of the world. During the past decade poverty has worsened, with IFAD estimating that nearly 50% of the total population live on less than one US dollar per day.

Millet is a valued crop for small scale farmers in West Africa.

MALI

NIGER Bam•

•Oubritenga

BURKINA FASO •Bazega/Zondoma OUAGADOUGOU

Bolgatanga•

IVORY COAST

GHANA

ACCRA

•Dapaong TOGO

A total of nearly 7,000 people benefited from this programme,

BENIN NIGERIA

LOME

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ZAMBIA

I

n Zambia, 2008 was a year of transition for Self Help Africa with

two MORE (Market Orientated Rural

six programmes ending and four new programmes starting up.

Enterprise) programmes in North Western

The Striking a Balance programme has enabled 500 households across

three sites in Mpika to successfully ensure that local wetlands do not dry out. Activities were completed at Mpika, Chibombo and Chipapa – where

and Western Province respectively provided business skills training and funding for small capital investments to

crop diversification and other activities saw productivity and incomes increase

improve the quality of produce sold and

significantly.

build lasting links for farmers to market PROP (Programme for the

and sell their produce. A pilot initiative

Reduction of Poverty) in Eastern

was also forged with Eastern Province

Province, recorded notable

Farmers Cooperative in their efforts to

improvements in micro-finance,

develop a market brokerage service

with savings and credit groups

for primary cooperative groups around

being formed and ‘village

Chipata.

banks’, with offices in Lundazi

In Chibombo District the work of

Maize harvesting in Zambia.

and Chipapa being created. Full

OPAD (Organisation for the Promotion of

repayment has been seen within

Meaningful Development through Active Participation) has been extended

the groups circulating their own

to another ward – Liteta, where the UK Big Lottery Fund and Development

savings and there is over 90%

Fund of Norway are both supporting a four-year programme to assist 2,000

repayment on loans made using ‘external’ capital. EU funding was received to support the development of rural enterprise in the areas A goat house at a homestead in Zambia.

around Kaoma, Senanga, Solwezi and Kasempa. The

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“EU funding was received to support

the development of rural enterprise in the areas around Kaoma, Senanga, Solwezi and Kasempa.

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of Agriculture and Cooperatives has been strengthened through our work on two rural enterprise programmes in the West and Northwest Provinces. Collaboration with the Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI) under the DFID funded Rights to Seed Programme is influencing thinking about the role of small-scale seed producers in Zambia and work is under way to prepare a scaling up of this work. The European Commission continues to be our major funder in Zambia. At the end of 2008 a new partnership was forged with Development Fund of Norway for a new joint programme in Zambia.

Maize is an important staple crop for small-scale farmers in Zambia.

Poultry rearing allows families to diversify their income. Close to 200 supporters sponsored poultry gift certificates at Christmas and directly supported African families with poultry rearing.

households. Emphasis in 2008 was on developing community leadership to

TANZANIA

DRC

support agriculture development and address HIV/AIDS. Self Help Africa in partnership with the Development Fund, FOSUP, PELUM and WWF-Zambia continued to explore how the voice of small holder farmers on issues of natural resource management, agriculture and the environment can be strengthened. Our partnerships in Zambia with OPAD, Keepers Zambia

ANGOLA

Lundazi• Solwezi• Kasempa•

Chipata•

ZAMBIA

•Senanga

MALAWI

•Chibombo

LUSAKA

•Kaoma

Foundation, Mthila Kubili, Micro Bankers Trust, FOSUP, PELUM and WWF-Zambia have continued to develop. Our

BOTSWANA

ZIMBABWE

MOZAMBIQUE

partnership with government, particularly with the Ministry

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ADVOCACY LEARNING, ADVOCACY AND DISSEMINATION

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elf Help Africa is committed to organisational learning, bringing together the experiences gathered over 25 years to continually improve the quality of our programmes. Self Help

Africa will use its knowledge and evidence gathered to advocate for community-led sustainable rural development as the most effective approach to combatting poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. We are seeking to achieve this objective by: Orientating our programmes to researching and learning the most effective practices, policies and processes that address the needs of

Self Help Africa advocates for community led development.

smallholder farmers and rural communities. This evidence based learning will be channeled by Self Help Africa into future programme improvements, and into wider rural development networks. Adopting a systematic approach to capturing and recording lessons learned through monitoring and evaluation and disseminating this

Utilising our Development Education network to work with secondary schools to advocate for sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by Africa’s rural poor, and thus influence future strategies on how poverty eradication can be achieved.

knowledge in a manner that can influence the wider development debate. Advocating to influence opinion in the countries where we work, within the NGO sector, and in the Western world. Being a pro-active voice at national and international assemblies where development issues are being discussed

In this way Self Help Africa will promote sustainable smallholder agriculture as an effective response to eradicating hunger and improving economic prospects for Africa’s rural poor. Our influence will reach beyond the programme areas in which we are actively engaged ensuring that as an organisation we have the greatest impact possible.

and policies formulated.

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DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

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ore than 120 Irish second-level schools participated in workshops coordinated by Self Help Africa’s development education team during 2008. Aid, trade, social justice, poverty and the Millennium Development Goals

were amongst the topics debated and discussed, as more than 3,500 students engaged in awareness raising activities. 2008 was the 10th year that the organisation has been involved in bringing development education into classrooms in Ireland and in that time more than 200 schools have been involved with the programme. In the UK Self Help Africa’s network of volunteer ambassadors gave talks and encouraged fund-raising activities in post primary schools. Amongst the notable highlights of 2008 were: Kilkenny student Tara McGrath won the Irish Aid sponsored Science

Education Support Service on a new image resource on Africa. Development Programme co-ordinator Patsy Toland is appointed to chair

for Development Award at the BT Young Scientists Exhibition. A TV

the Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) and to the Ministerial

documentary of her subsequent visit to Ethiopia to field test her winning

advisory panel on Development Education.

invention was screened on RTE television. Tara is now at University College Cork studying Development. Self Help Africa (SHA) partnered with NGOs Concern and 80:20 on a programme that took a group of students to Brussels to lobby MEPs and the UN on the Millennium Goals. SHA partnered with South Dublin County Council on a resource book on Ethiopia for primary schools. 32 schools participated in a Transition Year course, to produce a booklet to support teachers to deliver

SHA and the Diseases of Poverty Consortium at NUI Maynooth delivered two Develpment Education awareness days to 160 teacher training students at NUIM. SHA continues its support in the UK for development education initiatives through its partnership with the Shropshire-based ‘Bridges’ programme. SHA UK ambassadors gave talks in schools, which generated more than €15,000 in funding support. UK schools organised fund-raising activities including fetes, discos, and a ‘The Apprentice’ style business development initiative.

development education in their classrooms. Annual Easter schools trip took students and teachers from nine post-primary schools from Ireland and Brussels to Ethiopia. SHA is collaborating with the Department of

‘Twenty Fifteen’ is the first in a series of books to be published by our Dev Ed unit in collaboration with our schools network. A compendium of new writing by students and invited contributors on the MDG to eradicate hunger and poverty, it includes submissions by Seamus Heaney, Anne Enright, Sebastian Barry and others. ‘Twenty Fifteen’ is available for sale through Self Help Africa’s web-site. Self Help Africa Annual Report 2008

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PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

R

ural Africans face huge problems in their efforts to feed their families. A hot dry climate, low levels of soil fertility, small farm sizes, limited access to quality seed, the unpredictability of rains on which so much

agriculture is dependent – all combine to make growing food more difficult.

This work is being done to ensure that marginal lands in semi-arid regions can continue to support rural communities. It is possible thanks to vital backing that we receive from our supporters each year.

A deteriorating natural environment caused by population growth and consequent pressure on marginal lands, by poor farming practices and by

Examples of this support include:

other factors including climate change presents yet another barrier to the efforts of Africans to improve their lives and incomes. The sustainable use of land and careful management of the environment is central to the work that Self Help Africa and its partners are doing in each of our programme countries. This work takes many forms – from community-led

The restaurant owner who is contributing a small percentage from each meal sold to plant trees on eroded hillsides in Gogne, Eritrea. The hundreds of supporters who have sponsored fuel efficient cooking stoves through our on-line shop. The printing company that funded more than 7,000 fruit,

environmental rehabilitation initiatives and water table

fodder and other mixed tree seedlings to be planted on community

management and water conservation activities, to the

scrubland in Ethiopia, last year.

promotion of sustainable farming practices such as crop

And the individuals and families who bought alternative Christmas

rotation, complementary cropping, compost production

Gifts from Self Help Africa last year and enabled more than 200

and other measures to improve soil fertility.

households to establish small homestead woodlots to provide fuel,

Extensive tree planting programmes to conserve

building materials, shade and shelter on their farms.

the environment and measures such as the promotion of fuel efficient cooking stoves are also part of our natural resource management activities, which also seek to redress the rapid decline in woodlands caused by land clearance for farming and by the daily demand of households for fuel wood and charcoal to cook their meals.

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Fuel efficient stoves save labour and use a fraction of the wood fuel of open fires.

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The spotlight cast on food prices and food production was encouraging to

European Union, from the many other trusts and foundations, corporate

us as it focussed attention on the issue, and on the key role that agriculture

benefactors and members of the public who support our work and our

has to play as the driver of economic advancement for millions of African

vision.

people. Self Help Africa has been greatly heartened by the contributions

Some board changes took place in 2008. I wish to welcome those who

to this debate by the United Nations, the UK Food Group and by Ireland’s

joined and sincerely thank those who no longer serve for their longstanding

Hunger Task Force to this ongoing dialogue.

contributions. I would also like to thank our staff and volunteers in Ireland,

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REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2008

UK and Africa who have worked diligently to develop and consolidate the Economic Climate

work of Self Help Africa.

The deteriorating world-wide economic climate of the past six months is just

I wish to acknowledge everyone who made a contribution; the board of

the latest challenge that confronts us.

directors who have given freely and voluntarily of their time; donors big and

Although exchequer spending must be cut to balance national budgets, we

small who have not already been mentioned; our team of ambassadors,

believe that it is more important than ever that these cuts do not hit the

volunteers and collectors who work so hard at church gates and with other

poorest and the most vulnerable.

activities; the supporters who annually travel to Africa to review our work

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set a series of

having raised substantial funds; the Irish Farmers Association for continuing

ambitious and honourable targets for the international community when

to nominate Self Help Africa as their charity of choice; those professional

they were first published by world leaders at the start of the 21st century.

people who give their time and expertise to support the organisation, and

In these difficult economic times it is important that we recognise that the

the many others who lend their support and assistance to our work.

need to assist impoverished nations and improve the social and economic

We are committed to our vision for an Africa that is free from poverty and

conditions of the world’s poorest countries are as pressing today as they

hunger and look forward to your continuing support as we strive to improve

were when first drafted.

the lives of some of Africa’s poorest communities in the years to come.

Support

Tom Corcoran,

Self Help Africa is grateful for the continuing institutional support that we

Chairman, Self Help Africa.

receive from the Irish Government’s multi-annual programme budget – MAPS, from the UK Department for International Development, from the

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER, 2008

Incoming resources Income resources from charitable activities - Grant income Income resources from generated funds - Voluntary income Other Incoming Resources - Interest & investment income Total incoming resources:

Restricted Funds





Total Funds Total Funds Unrestricted 2008 2007 Funds





£

Restricted Funds

£

Total Funds Total Funds 2008 2007

£

£

218,073

5,222,679

5,440,752

5,582,631

173,662

4,159,080

4,332,742

3,822,762

1,834,099

1,298,634

3,132,733

2,667,419

1,460,585

1,034,167

2,494,752

1,826,542

54,971 2,107,143

-6,521,313

54,971 8,628,456

21,629 8,271,679

43,776 1,678,023

-5,193,247

43,776 6,871,270

14,811 5,664,115

(982,820) (714,865) (74,012) (1,771,697)

(6,642,490) --(6,642,490)

(7,625,310) (714,865) (74,012) (8,414,187)

(6,992,985) (811,871) (78,810) (7,883,666)

(782,669) (569,283) (58,939) (1,410,891)

(5,289,747) --(5,289,747)

Losses on revaluations of investment assets Transfers between funds Merger transaction costs

(8,165) (51,531) (37,273)

-51,531

(8,165) -(37,273)

(1,005) --

(6,502) (41,037) (29,682)

-41,037 --

(6,502) -(29,682)

(688) ---

Net incoming/(outgoing) resources

238,477

(69,646)

168,831

387,008

189,911

(55,463)

134,448

265,008

Funds at beginning of year Exchange loss on consolidation

575,117 (88,483)

1,270,551 (82,089)

1,845,668 (170,572)

1,461,587 (2,927)

393,817 (70,463)

870,023 (65,372)

1,263,840 (135,835)

1,000,836 (2,004)

Funds at end of year

725,111

1,118,816

1,843,927

1,845,668

513,265

749,188

1,262,453

1,263,840

Resources expended Charitable activities Costs of generating voluntary income Governance costs Total resources expended

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Unrestricted Funds

(6,072,416) (4,788,516) (569,283) (555,937) (58,939) (53,966) (6,700,638) (5,398,419)

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2008 ()

2007 ()

2008 (£)

2007 (£)

Irish Aid 3,500,000 European Union 654,541 IAWS / One51 Charitable Trust 286,472 ICCO 200,000 Big Lottery Fund (UK) 141,450 Irish League of Credit Unions Foundation (ILCUF) 125,000 Department for International Development (UK) 122,096 Development Fund (Norway) 120,498 Wetland Action 113,276 Gorta 64,700 Family Health International Kenya 46,264 FAO Uganda 34,671 UNDP Kenya 25,711 AMREP AusAid Other grants 6,073

3,004,000 628,672 658,640 200,000 288,236 103,612 129,650 46,529 44,821 100,000 34,000 344,471

2,787,225 521,244 228,132 159,270 112,644 99,544 97,231 95,959 90,207 51,524 36,842 27,610 20,475 4,836

2,057,019 430,489 451,010 136,952 197,372 70,949 88,779 31,861 30,692 68,476 23,282 235,910

5,440,752

5,582,631

4,332,743

3,822,761

Voluntary Income General Donations Farmers Grow Fund

INCOME RESOURCES General Donations 3,132,733 £2,494,752

Irish Aid 3,500,000 £2,787,225

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GRANTS FROM GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER CO-FUNDERS

Irish Aid 40%

2,962,242 170,491

2,429,572 237,847

2,358,981 135,771

1663,674 162,868

3,132,733

2,667,419

2,494,752

1,826,542

Trusts & Foundations 983,235 £782,999

Other Institutional Donors (EU,DFID,DF,FAO,UNDP) 957,517 £762,519

A full set of our financial statements can be downloaded at: www.selfhelpafrica.net Financial data is translated from euro to sterling at an average rate in effect in 2007 and 2008 Self Help Africa Annual Report 2008

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DIRECT CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE 2008 () ETHIOPIA

2007 ()

1,976,826 1,910,663

2008 (£)

2007 (£)

1,574,245 1,308,345

ERITREA

421,192

489,138

335,417

334,943

KENYA

611,378

588,246

533,504

596,559

MALAWI

669,936

871,195

486,870

402,808

UGANDA

933,065

572,760

743,047

392,203

WEST AFRICA

175,469

136,940

139,735

93,770

ZAMBIA

1,001,028

961,229

797,168

658,211

TOTAL

5,788,894 5,530,171

88.4% of our 2008 income was spent on charitable activities.

4,609,986 3,786,839

EXPENDITURE ON PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES BY COUNTRY West Africa 3.0%

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Zambia 17.3%

Ethiopia

Uganda 16.1%

Eritrea

Malawi 11.6%

Kenya

34.1%

7.3%

10.6%

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elf Help Africa is supporting a wide ranging programme of multi-annual rural development activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We have ambitious future plans too and with donor support will invest in a comprehensive range of new development initiatives in the year ahead. These include:

ETHIOPIA Completion of area programmes at Bora, Alemaya and Huruta and measures to ensure future sustainability of programme gains. Strengthening of agricultural co-operative programmes, with a focus on business planning, produce storage and marketing. Strengthening structures of savings and credit (SACCO) programme. ERITREA A new pilot programme to provide safe water and irrigation systems in the remote southern lowland region of Kimira. A new food and livelihood programme in Elabered region, with focus on the introduction of short season, high yield crops. KENYA Commencement of new Rongai development programme. Promotion of drought tolerant bean multiplication systems. Strengthening partnerships with groups including Community Development Trust Fund, Family Health International and others on different development initiatives. MALAWI Scaling up activities in Karonga and Chitipa Districts, with a focus on food security and nutrition for HIV/AIDS affected families. A new programme to improve crop diversity and food production in areas adjacent to the Simlemba programme.

Strengthening of local farmers co-operatives, to ensure the sustainability of agricultural gains. UGANDA A new programme at Kumi-Bukedea with emphasis on food security, natural resources and access to clean water. Cassava bulking initiative in Amuria. Building farmer association capacity at Amuria and Kamuli. Planning for potential new programme in Mayuge district. WEST AFRICA New pilot programmes to support farming and water development. Strengthening existing programmes and development of new partnerships and pilot farming, irrigation and water programmes. Specific activities will promote market gardening for women, beekeeping, improved seed multiplication and distribution and dry environment farming. ZAMBIA Self Help Africa’s new joint-programme with the Development Fund of Norway will strengthen links with local NGOs. Focus on strengthening business skills in the community and investment in ‘micro-programmes’ to allow farmers to improve the quality and quantity of produce.

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HOW YOUR SUPPORT HAS HELPED WHERE A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY

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sometimes 20 homes each day’, he said.

amala Samuel is a community development agent and health

‘In my role I give advice, help to monitor crops and can detect at an early

educator working with Self Help Africa in Bunyumya village in

stage if there are problems. I am also mobilising farmers to carry out a

Kayunga, Uganda.

variety of other farming activities and am involved in local efforts to promote

In late 2008 he received a bicycle to assist him in his outreach work with

better sanitation and in initiatives to support people with HIV/AIDS and their

villagers and householders across the expansive Nsotoka parish. ‘I was given

families’.

the bike to improve my efficiency and it has worked. In the past I could reach just 6 or 8 households a day on foot, but now I am able to visit 15 and

In 2008 Self Help Africa supporters bought 100s of bicycles in our Christmas Gift Campaign and from our on-line shop. Farm advisors, health workers, midwives and HIV/AIDS counsellors are using these bikes every day in their work.

“

Wamala Samuel can now cover three times the distance on his new bicycle.

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In the past I could reach just 6 or 8 households a day on foot, but now I am able to visit 15 and sometimes 20 homes.

A Community Worker with her new bike.

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Self Help Africa - UK Freepost RRXU-AZUB-EBEE, Westgate House, Hills Lane, Shrewsbury SY1 1QU UK

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Self Help Africa - Ethiopia PO. Box 1204, Bole Road, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA Tel. 00 251 115 522313 Fax. 00 251 115 517599

Self Help Africa - Uganda Plot 14 B, Off Naguru 2 Road PO. Box 32249, Kampala, UGANDA Tel. 00 256 414 286305 Fax. 00 256 414 286305

Self Help Africa - Eritrea PO. Box 9313, Asmara, ERITREA Tel. 00 291 118 8382 Fax. 00 291 118 8374 Self Help Africa - Kenya PO.BOX 2248 Code 20100, Nakuru, KENYA Tel. 00 254 O51 2212291 Fax. 00 254 051 2212304

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Self Help Africa - West Africa 12 PO. Box 315, Ougadougou 12, BURKINA FASO Tel. 00 226 50 36 89 60 Fax. 00 226 50 36 89 61

Self Help Africa - Zambia 181 Bishops Road, Kabulonga, PO. Box 37484, Lusaka, ZAMBIA Self Help Africa/FAIR - Malawi Tel. 00 260 211 265384 Fax. 00 260 211 265392 PO. Box B-495 Lilongwe, MALAWI Tel. 00 265 1750568 Fax. 00 265 1750910

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