{"id":4478,"date":"2010-04-02T02:15:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T00:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.world-citizenship.org\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:58:56","slug":"self-help-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"Self Help Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Self Help Africa was formed in 2008 from a merger between two like-minded charities: UK NGO Harvest Help and Irish agency Self Help Development International.<\/li>\n<li>The combined skills and complimentary experiences of 25 years of learning have been pooled together to form a strong, dynamic, and forward thinking new organisation. We now have the potential to have a greater impact overseas in improving the lives and circumstances of Africa\u2019s rural poor.<\/li>\n<li>&#8230; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/aboutselfhelpafrica.htm\">full text about \/history<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/Home.asp\">Homepage<\/a>;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/pr-home.htm\">Where<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/reports.htm\">Reports<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/media.htm\">Medias<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/governance.htm\">Governance<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/news.asp\">News<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/DEF-devpartners1.htm\">Partners<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/links.htm\">Links<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/fund.asp\">Help<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/DEF-deved.htm\">Get involved<\/a>;<br \/>\nAddress: Self Help Africa, Westgate House, Dickens Court, Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QU, UK;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/contactus.asp\">Contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selfhelpafrica.org\/selfhelp\/Main\/vision.htm\">Vision, mission &amp; goal<\/a>: Self Help Africa&rsquo;s vision is of a rural Africa free from poverty and hunger. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The organisation&rsquo;s mission is to provide practical support to rural communities through capacity building,through participatory partnerships and to promote learning, dissemination, and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Self Help Africa will seek to made a significant impact on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and rural communities in Africa in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>The main objectives of its programme will be to support rural communities and households to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>achieve food security through increased production of and access to food;<\/li>\n<li>develop diverse and sustainable livelihoods for greater economic security;<\/li>\n<li>Improve access to basic services;<\/li>\n<li>advocate for basic rights and better services by sharing experience through effective networks working at local, national and international levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all programmes and projects there will be a focus on cross-cutting issues to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure sustainable use of natural resources;<\/li>\n<li>Promote gender equality;<\/li>\n<li>Support communities to reduce vulnerability to HIV\/AIDS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self Help Africa was formed in 2008 from a merger between two like-minded charities: UK NGO Harvest Help and Irish agency Self Help Development International. The combined skills and complimentary experiences of 25 years of learning have been pooled together to form a strong, dynamic, and forward thinking new organisation. We now have the potential &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/?p=4478\" class=\"more-link\">Continuer la lecture<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> de &laquo;&nbsp;Self Help Africa&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-verifier","category-ngos-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16934,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions\/16934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngo.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}