Self Help Africa

Self Help Africa

Self Help Africa is the name of an international charity that engaged in promoting and implementing integrated long term rural development projects in Africa.

The agency, which has its headquarters in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland, and UK offices in Shrewsbury, implements both directly, and through local partners, long term rural development projects in nine countries in Africa - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Malawi, Kenya ,Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso.

The primary focus or the organisation's work is on empowering rural African communities to grow enough food, and earn a sustainable livelihood.

Self Help Africa was established in mid-2008 following an historic merger between Irish agency Self Help Development International and the UK agency Harvest Help - both of which were set up in the wake of African famines in the mid-1980's. Both agencies had worked for nearly 25 years, seeking long term solutions to the problem of famine and food insecurity in Sub-Sahara. Self Help Africa now employs more than 300 all local staff in its African countries, and works also with close to 20 local NGO partners. Self Help Africa is the very first Anglo-Irish development agency.

Self Help Africa works in partnership with local government institutions and with local communities on all of its programmes. Alongside measures designed to improve food production, the organisation works to improve access to health and education, to conserve natural resources, and build the capacity of rural African communities so that they can meet the challenges that they face.

Self Help Africa seeks to integrate HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and natural resource conservation into all of its programmes.

Self Help Africa is one of five Irish development agencies to receive multi-annual programme funding through the Irish Government's Irish Aid programme.

Selp Help has won several awards for its excellent and informative website, including an Irish Golden Spider for 'Best Charity Web Site' in 2004, and an Annual Digital Media Award 'Best Information Web-Site' in 2007.

External links

http://selfhelpafrica.com


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