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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.
Taking out a loan Self Help Africa
It costs us €120 on average to support one rural Self Help Africa was formed
Activities include: access to savings & credit,
African family to help them work their way out in 2008 following the
training, supporting co-ops, and the sale and
of poverty. integration of two agencies
marketing of surpluses.
with a long record of working
successfully in Africa- the
! Working Together Ngist Ayere from Bora in Ethiopia has built a
United Kingdom NGO Harvest
new home and sent her three children to school
Farmers’ groups, village banks, water committees Help, and Irish NGO Self Help
since receiving training through Self Help Africa.
and other groups are essential if a community is to Development International.
She has joined the womens’ savings and credit
prosper. We help rural communities to manage
co-op and taken out a loan to begin fattening
their own development. Self Help Africa delivers
oxen to sell in the future.
Activities include: community led planning and practical, cost effective and
monitoring, training in group organisation and More than 13,000 women have started their sustainable solutions to the
leadership, and co-operative development. own income generating activities, after taking challenges faced by Africa’s
loans from savings and credit co-ops (SACCOs) rural poor.
! Accessing Basic Services set up with the support of Self Help, in Ethiopia.
Access to water, healthcare and education is a
basic human right. To read more about the people we are
Activities include: provision of water and working with, on our web-site at Self Help Africa is an international development agency that works to
sanitation, improving access to healthcare and www.selfhelpafrica.com.
education, and HIV/AIDS support and awareness. improve the lives of rural Africa’s poorest people.
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Contact Us How you can help Self Help Africa works with local staff, ! Supporting local communities to preserve and
rehabilitate their natural environment
There are many ways to help. A contribution of : partners and local communities in Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana,
! €12 will buy a bag of locally produced
Uganda, Togo and Burkina Faso -
! Through advocacy, partnerships, dissemination,
improved quality seed. and best practice, seeking to influence policies
and attitudes in both Africa and the West, to
! €55 will buy a treadle pump to help an ! Enabling people to grow enough food so that issues that affect the lives of rural Africans
African farmer to irrigate his crops they can feed themselves all year round
Annefield House
Dublin Road ! €100 will enable us to plant over 700 ! Improving opportunities for people to earn a Self Help Africa has ambitious plans -
Portlaoise mixed tree seedlings living and support their families to effect change, and deliver more
Co. Laois
Ireland
support to more people. Support
You can also buy gifts or make a donation on our ! Providing Africans with the skills they need to us as we seek to provide more
web-site, become a volunteer in your area, sign-up move out of poverty, and manage their futures Africans with the training, the skills, and
Tel. +353- (0)57 8694034 and become a regular donor, travel on a field
Fax. +353- (0)57 8694038 the tools to lead a life free from hunger,
visit, or set up a staff fund with colleagues at work. ! Improving access to basic social services such as poverty and need.
E-mail :info@selfhelpafrica.com clean drinking water, health-care, and education
Website : www.selfhelpafrica.com Donations can be sent, marked ‘Freepost’ to : ‘Self Help
Africa’, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland.

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IRELAND/UK
We campaign to raise
awareness on issues affecting
Africa, and work directly, and
through partners to deliver
development education
programmes to schools.
BURKINA FASO
In 2008 Self Help Africa started
work with five local partner
organisations to implement
local food security programmes.
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
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.
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ERITREA
Self Help Africa has
programmes at Elabared, Emni
Haili and Gogne, and supports
a national beekeeping
development programme.
ETHIOPIA
We have area programmes at
Bora, Huruta, Sodo and
Alemaya, and at regional level
support farmers’ co-operative
WHERE WE WORK development and micro-
finance programmes.
KENYA
Self Help Africa has projects at
Gilgil and Kamara/Tenges, and
also supports a beekeeping
development programme in
association with local partners.
UGANDA
IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
Self Help Africa implements
! 580 million people rely on small scale
rural development
farming for a living
programmes in Uganda at
! 50.5 years is the average life expectancy Kamuli, Amuria, and
! 218 million people live in extreme poverty - Kayunga.
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 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