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How we work !
Growing Enough Food
More than 80% of Africans depend heavily on growing and producing their own food. Our work helps them to do this on a sustainable basis. Activities include: improving productivity using local resources, irrigation, management of water, crops & livestock; providing affordable local seed supply; and protecting the environment. !
Earning a Living
Developing new sources of income is essential for greater economic security for any family. Activities include: access to savings & credit, training, supporting co-ops, and the sale and marketing of surpluses. !
Working Together
Self Help Africa
It costs us €120 on average to support one rural African family to help them work their way out of poverty.
Self Help Africa was formed in 2008 following the integration of two agencies with a long record of working successfully in Africa- the United Kingdom NGO Harvest Help, and Irish NGO Self Help Development International.
Ngist Ayere from Bora in Ethiopia has built a new home and sent her three children to school since receiving training through Self Help Africa. She has joined the womens’ savings and credit co-op and taken out a loan to begin fattening oxen to sell in the future.
Farmers’ groups, village banks, water committees and other groups are essential if a community is to prosper. We help rural communities to manage their own development. Activities include: community led planning and monitoring, training in group organisation and leadership, and co-operative development. !
Taking out a loan
More than 13,000 women have started their own income generating activities, after taking loans from savings and credit co-ops (SACCOs) set up with the support of Self Help, in Ethiopia.
Accessing Basic Services
Access to water, healthcare and education is a basic human right. Activities include: provision of water and sanitation, improving access to healthcare and education, and HIV/AIDS support and awareness.
To read more about the people we are working with, on our web-site at www.selfhelpafrica.com.
Contact Us
How you can help
!
Annefield House Dublin Road Portlaoise Co. Laois Ireland Tel. +353- (0)57 8694034 Fax. +353- (0)57 8694038 E-mail :[email protected] Website : www.selfhelpafrica.com
Self Help Africa delivers practical, cost effective and sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by Africa’s rural poor.
There are many ways to help. A contribution of : !
€12
!
€55 will buy a treadle pump to help an
will buy a bag of locally produced improved quality seed. African farmer to irrigate his crops
!
€100 will enable us to plant over 700 mixed tree seedlings
You can also buy gifts or make a donation on our web-site, become a volunteer in your area, sign-up and become a regular donor, travel on a field visit, or set up a staff fund with colleagues at work.
Self Help Africa is an international development agency that works to improve the lives of rural Africa’s poorest people. 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 that they can feed themselves all year round ! Improving opportunities for people to earn a living and support their families ! Providing Africans with the skills they need to move out of poverty, and manage their futures ! Improving access to basic social services such as clean 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 policies and attitudes in both Africa and the West, to issues that affect the lives of rural Africans Self Help Africa has ambitious plans to effect change, and deliver more support to more people. Support us as we seek to provide more Africans with the training, the skills, and the tools to lead a life free from hunger, poverty and need.
Donations can be sent, marked ‘Freepost’ to : ‘Self Help Africa’, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.
B U R K I N A FA S O • E R I T R E A • E T H I O P I A • G H A N A • K E N YA • M A L AW I • T O G O • U G A N D A • Z A M B I A
B U R K I N A FA S O • E R I T R E A • E T H I O P I A • G H A N A • K E N YA • M A L AW I • T O G O • U G A N D A • Z A M B I A
newsletter-final-Ireland(outside)
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IRELAND/UK
ERITREA
We campaign to raise awareness on issues affecting Africa, and work directly, and through partners to deliver development education programmes to schools.
Self Help Africa has programmes at Elabared, Emni Haili and Gogne, and supports a national beekeeping development programme.
BURKINA FASO
ETHIOPIA
In 2008 Self Help Africa started work with five local partner organisations to implement local food security programmes.
WHERE WE WORK
KENYA
GHANA We work with local partners in Ghana on sustainable food production, around Bolgatanga, in the remote North East of the country.
TOGO Self Help Africa is working with local partners in Togo on a sustainable food security programme around Dapaong, in the North West of the country.
ZAMBIA
We have area programmes at Bora, Huruta, Sodo and Alemaya, and at regional level support farmers’ co-operative development and microfinance programmes.
Self Help Africa has projects at Gilgil and Kamara/Tenges, and also supports a beekeeping development programme in association with local partners.
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
Across Zambia, we work through local partners in Mpika, Chipata, Lundazi, Kaoma, Chibombo, Kasempa, Solwezi and Kafue, with an increasing focus on rural enterprise.
Our practical cost effective solutions improve the lives of tens of thousands of rural families in Africa, each year.
UGANDA Self Help Africa implements rural development programmes in Uganda at Kamuli, Amuria, and Kayunga.
MALAWI We work in the north with local partners at Karonga, Mhuju and Simlemba, and in the south of Malawi at Kalembo, Masumbankunda, Kaphuka and Msondole.
www.selfhelpafrica.com
28/07/2008
18:08
Page 1
How we work !
Growing Enough Food
More than 80% of Africans depend heavily on growing and producing their own food. Our work helps them to do this on a sustainable basis. Activities include: improving productivity using local resources, irrigation, management of water, crops & livestock; providing affordable local seed supply; and protecting the environment. !
Earning a Living
Developing new sources of income is essential for greater economic security for any family. Activities include: access to savings & credit, training, supporting co-ops, and the sale and marketing of surpluses. !
Working Together
Self Help Africa
It costs us €120 on average to support one rural African family to help them work their way out of poverty.
Self Help Africa was formed in 2008 following the integration of two agencies with a long record of working successfully in Africa- the United Kingdom NGO Harvest Help, and Irish NGO Self Help Development International.
Ngist Ayere from Bora in Ethiopia has built a new home and sent her three children to school since receiving training through Self Help Africa. She has joined the womens’ savings and credit co-op and taken out a loan to begin fattening oxen to sell in the future.
Farmers’ groups, village banks, water committees and other groups are essential if a community is to prosper. We help rural communities to manage their own development. Activities include: community led planning and monitoring, training in group organisation and leadership, and co-operative development. !
Taking out a loan
More than 13,000 women have started their own income generating activities, after taking loans from savings and credit co-ops (SACCOs) set up with the support of Self Help, in Ethiopia.
Accessing Basic Services
Access to water, healthcare and education is a basic human right. Activities include: provision of water and sanitation, improving access to healthcare and education, and HIV/AIDS support and awareness.
To read more about the people we are working with, on our web-site at www.selfhelpafrica.com.
Contact Us
How you can help
!
Annefield House Dublin Road Portlaoise Co. Laois Ireland Tel. +353- (0)57 8694034 Fax. +353- (0)57 8694038 E-mail :[email protected] Website : www.selfhelpafrica.com
Self Help Africa delivers practical, cost effective and sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by Africa’s rural poor.
There are many ways to help. A contribution of : !
€12
!
€55 will buy a treadle pump to help an
will buy a bag of locally produced improved quality seed. African farmer to irrigate his crops
!
€100 will enable us to plant over 700 mixed tree seedlings
You can also buy gifts or make a donation on our web-site, become a volunteer in your area, sign-up and become a regular donor, travel on a field visit, or set up a staff fund with colleagues at work.
Self Help Africa is an international development agency that works to improve the lives of rural Africa’s poorest people. 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 that they can feed themselves all year round ! Improving opportunities for people to earn a living and support their families ! Providing Africans with the skills they need to move out of poverty, and manage their futures ! Improving access to basic social services such as clean 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 policies and attitudes in both Africa and the West, to issues that affect the lives of rural Africans Self Help Africa has ambitious plans to effect change, and deliver more support to more people. Support us as we seek to provide more Africans with the training, the skills, and the tools to lead a life free from hunger, poverty and need.
Donations can be sent, marked ‘Freepost’ to : ‘Self Help Africa’, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.
B U R K I N A FA S O • E R I T R E A • E T H I O P I A • G H A N A • K E N YA • M A L AW I • T O G O • U G A N D A • Z A M B I A
B U R K I N A FA S O • E R I T R E A • E T H I O P I A • G H A N A • K E N YA • M A L AW I • T O G O • U G A N D A • Z A M B I A
newsletter-final-Ireland(outside)
28/07/2008
18:08
Page 2
IRELAND/UK
ERITREA
We campaign to raise awareness on issues affecting Africa, and work directly, and through partners to deliver development education programmes to schools.
Self Help Africa has programmes at Elabared, Emni Haili and Gogne, and supports a national beekeeping development programme.
BURKINA FASO
ETHIOPIA
In 2008 Self Help Africa started work with five local partner organisations to implement local food security programmes.
WHERE WE WORK
KENYA
GHANA We work with local partners in Ghana on sustainable food production, around Bolgatanga, in the remote North East of the country.
TOGO Self Help Africa is working with local partners in Togo on a sustainable food security programme around Dapaong, in the North West of the country.
ZAMBIA
We have area programmes at Bora, Huruta, Sodo and Alemaya, and at regional level support farmers’ co-operative development and microfinance programmes.
Self Help Africa has projects at Gilgil and Kamara/Tenges, and also supports a beekeeping development programme in association with local partners.
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
Across Zambia, we work through local partners in Mpika, Chipata, Lundazi, Kaoma, Chibombo, Kasempa, Solwezi and Kafue, with an increasing focus on rural enterprise.
Our practical cost effective solutions improve the lives of tens of thousands of rural families in Africa, each year.
UGANDA Self Help Africa implements rural development programmes in Uganda at Kamuli, Amuria, and Kayunga.
MALAWI We work in the north with local partners at Karonga, Mhuju and Simlemba, and in the south of Malawi at Kalembo, Masumbankunda, Kaphuka and Msondole.
www.selfhelpafrica.com
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