2022 Spring Newsletter information@selfhelpinternational.org • www.selfhelpinternational.org • 319.352.4040
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Self-Help’s mission is to alleviate hunger by helping people help themselves. Our locally hired teams of skilled professionals serve rural communities in Ghana, West Africa, and Nicaragua, Central America, to improve quality of life with dignity.
WHERE WE WORK Iowa
Nicaragua
Ghana
OUR PROGRAM AREAS Founded by Vern Schield in Waverly, Iowa in 1959, Self-Help initially manufactured and shipped small “Self-Helper” tractors to farmers in 48 countries. In 1989, in collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug, Self-Help shifted to sustainable development programs that work with rural families and community leaders to improve lives with dignity.
LEARN MORE AT WWW.SELFHELPINTERNATIONAL.ORG
PROMOTING CLEAN WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE Partnering with communities to access safe drinking water to reduce waterborne disease transmission and improve the community’s overall health and wellbeing.
IMPROVING AGRICULTURE Equipping farmers with training in improved techniques, financing to access the inputs they need, and seed fortified with micronutrients so they can better feed and nourish their families and communities.
FIGHTING MALNUTRITION
EMPOWERING WOMEN & GIRLS
Offering students a protein-rich school breakfast to combat hunger, and supporting mothers and newborns in the first 1,000 days to prevent stunting.
Supporting girls to stay in school, and offering women financial literacy training and micro-loans to start enterprises and achieve economic self-sufficiency.
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THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe it’s been two years of “pandemic life.” For me, that means two years since I’ve been able to work with my colleagues in Ghana and Nicaragua in person. While Zoom and WhatsApp function quite well for communicating, it’s not quite the same, and I’m eager to re-connect in person and meet the newest members of our team. However, this travel hiatus continues to remind me of our organization’s greatest strength: local talent in Ghana and Nicaragua who carry out Self-Help’s mission day in and day out, and demonstrate tremendous creativity in adapting to and overcoming new challenges in the pursuit of alleviating hunger by helping people help themselves. Self-Help’s teams in Ghana and Nicaragua have set forth ambitious agendas to increase household food security through improving agricultural productivity, empowering women, promoting good nutrition, and accessing safe drinking water. In fact, the organization is poised to have our highest impact year yet. Self-Help Ghana now has staff capacity and offices located at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture office in both Kumasi, Ashanti Region, and Jirapa, Upper West Region. This growth to a second regional operating area is thanks to a combination of financial support from our donor base and an invitation from the leadership of Ullo Traditional Area in collaboration with their partners at universities in Iowa and Ghana. While we’re carrying out a consistent mission in Ghana, the economic and growing conditions are quite distinct in the two regions, so the ways SHI implements programming to enhance food security and improve rural livelihoods will be
tailored accordingly. You’ll see more about our work with women farmers in Upper West region in addition to the Ashanti Region in future publications. Self-Help Nicaragua continues to focus on introducing biofortified crops to increase both household nutrition and income. In the face of inflation and supply chain disruptions, prices of ag inputs have increased significantly, which directly impacts the livelihoods of the majority of the people Self-Help partners with, particularly in Nicaragua. Farmers SHI works with who can access all needed inputs at the right time can increase profits substantially - up to six-fold. But increasing input prices mean farmers risk missing out on those gains. SHI’s agricultural specialists will continue to offer extension-style free technical advising to all who are interested, and request donations to grow the loan pools so that farmers have cashflow to access to the inputs they need at planting season, and can earn a living wage to support their families. We have heard from many farmers that increasing income generated on the farm enables them to stay home with their families - they no longer have to face the decision of whether to remain together or to migrate seasonally to make ends meet. One gift over the holiday season arrived with a note that the donation was made to support our brothers and sisters south of the border, so that they might be able to meet their families’ needs. Here in the United States, you’re invited to join us at the Spring Gala on Friday, April 1 at Prairie Links Event Center in Waverly, IA. We look forward to an evening of fellowship to raise funds to comprehensively alleviate hunger through integrated community development initiatives. We’ll continue to monitor the best practices for gathering safely I hope to see you there!
Nora Tobin, Executive Director (she/her) 3
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Growing OFSP in Containers by Justice Sam, Community Crop and Livestock Specialist in Ghana Promoting the growing and consumption of nutrient-rich crops like Orange Flesh Sweet Potatoes (OFSP) among rural communities in Ghana is a major priority of Self-Help International. This tuber crop is rich in nutrients and helps fight against stunting and malnutrition in young children. However, the majority of tubers get destroyed by severe pest infestation by millipedes. Last May, the agriculture team started research to see how OFSP would perform in containers using a growth mixture to support good tuber formation, rather than using traditional ground planting techniques. First, Self-Help’s team chose rice hulls to prepare the growth mixture, because rural communities can easily access it. Rice hulls are a waste product that remains after hulling rice. The outcome of the experiment indicated that a 0.55 mass container was able to produce
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38.7 kg (85 lbs) of tubers with no signs of millipede infestation. Other challenges associated with traditional planting in open fields like weed control, ridge construction and soil hardening, were also eliminated by the container method. It is also easier for people of all ages to grow OFSP using containers. Self-Help’s team shared the findings with other agricultural stakeholders involved in OFSP cultivation. It is also being replicated in Self-Help partner communities, which will lead to the production of tubers, free from millipede infestation. Self-Help International’s Agriculture and Entrepreneurial Program is now collaborating with other Self-Help programs to train farmers, women’s groups, and youth groups in partner communities about the methods and results of planting OFSP in containers. Training with Self-Help partners on the methods have been positive, and some farmers have already adopted the method and have seen better OFSP crop yields.
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QPM in Nicaragua By promoting Quality Protein Maize (QPM), Self-Help International’s agricultural program in Nicaragua strives to reduce hunger and malnutrition among rural Nicaraguan communities and improve the incomes of small farmers who produce corn for commercialization. QPM is a non-genetically modified corn that produces higher yields than traditional creole corn grown in Nicaragua and has double the amount of digestible protein as traditional corn. QPM allows families to grow an affordable source of protein, which is critical to childhood brain development. Growing QPM also enables struggling farm families to feed themselves and to sell surplus corn for supplemental income. Self-Help plants what is called “basic” seed at its Quinta Lidia headquarters and its Ochomogo agricultural plot. The planted basic seed yields “registered” seed, which is formally approved (as registered) by the Nicaraguan government. Self-Help then sells the registered seed to a core group of 3-6 farmers in the San Carlos and Ochomogo areas so they can produce Certified Seed. Self-Help loans money to these farmers for fertilizer and pesticides; the cost of the treatment; certification; and storage of the seed performed by the government. The farmers pay back these loans and provide all labor and land for seed production. They own the certified seed they produce and receive the funds from selling it. SelfHelp oversees the process of cleaning, treating, testing, certifying and storing the certified seed. Once the certified seed is ready for market, it is then sold to the public as “seed corn” in Self-Help labeled bags. Private crop input businesses (agroservicios) order the certified seed from Self-Help’s seed producing partners who – with Self-Help administrative support – transport it and sell it to individual farmers who produce commercial QPM corn. The commercial farmers consume the QPM corn at home and sell the excess in local open markets.
Ometepe Islanders Receive Training By Katie Seifert, Nicaragua Program Manager Self-Help International has been working to expand the regions served by QPM corn. This expansion has targeted Ometepe Island, a large volcanic island situated in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. This island is inhabited by approximately 30,000 Nicaraguans, who can benefit from increased protein and yields from QPM corn. Last year, Self-Help Nicaragua Country Director Jorge Campos, provided training to four potential seed producers and five technicians at the BIOMETEPE Cooperative on Ometepe Island. Jorge trained the group on methods of seed selection, as well as on the technical aspects and agronomic management of corn, fertilization, pollination and nutrition plans. The trainees later planted demonstration plots; and in June 2021, Jorge held a second training for the same group and assessed the demonstration plots. “Seeing their performance, we asked the farmers if they were willing to form a small group of Certified Seed Producers and the response was positive,” said Jorge. Now, Self-Help can confidently progress with a new group of seed producing leaders, all of whom have irrigation and planting areas free of contamination by pollen from other maize. Jorge acknowledges that there is a “drawback [in] transferring the seed to the plant in Managua; however, the Self-Help team will work with them to evaluate production and marketing costs.”
Energy Globe Award Winner The Energy Globe Award, a world award for Sustainability, was presented to Self-Help International in December for the CTI-8 water chlorinator program in Nicaragua. Each water chlorinator system serves up to 1,000 people. Since March 2011, 138 chlorinators have been installed in 110 communities, serving nearly 132,000 people across 15,000 households. The project’s aim is to provide access to safe drinking water and improve the health of Nicaraguans. For award details, go to: https://www. energyglobe.info/national/winner/nicaragua
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Bringing Clean Water to Las Palomas By Orlando Montiel Salas, Clean Water Program Officer in Nicaragua Las Palomas is a small, rural community located 35 miles from the Self-Help International office and training center in San Carlos, Nicaragua. It is one of the most important communities in the area due to its role as an agricultural center. Porfirio Sequeira is president of the Community Water and Sanitation Committee (CAPS) in Las Palomas and his priority has been to improve the quality of the water. He is motivated to protect the health of his family. In September 2020, he contacted Orlando Montiel Salas from Self-Help International to help test the quality of the drinking water. Based on the test results, Porfirio proposed to the other directors of the committee that they acquire a chlorinator. Orlando brought the materials to Las Palomas and helped the community leaders
install the system. He trained them on how to maintain the chlorinator, and how to determine their costs for the entire water distribution system and set rates for each household. Porfirio said, “Now we have the expense for the purchase of chlorine tablets and maintenance of the chlorinator, but it is a positive thing, because we are avoiding diseases. The expense would be much more to treat people who are ill, compared to the expense of chlorine that we buy every month, which are 10 tablets that are used to disinfect the water and turn it into safe drinking water.” The Las Palomas CAPS maintains a constant supply of chlorine tablets, and coordinates with Orlando for follow-up visits to monitor the operation and use of the water chlorinator system. They are one of the communities that has assimilated very well to the objectives of the Clean Water Program, which is to improve the quality of community water intended for human consumption. 77
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You’re Invited to the Spring Gala Make a difference for Self-Help International this spring by supporting the annual fundraising event. The 2022 Spring Gala will be held on Friday, April 1, at the Prairie Links Event Center in Waverly, Iowa. The event is expected to draw around 150 people who believe in creating opportunities for people to escape the cycle of poverty. Attendees will be treated to a buffet meal featuring smoked pork loin and stuffed chicken breast, oven roasted red potatoes, asparagus, salad and dessert. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will also be available upon request. A silent and live auction will be held. Tickets are $50 per person/$100 per couple. Buy tickets online by Monday, March 21 at www.selfhelpinternational.org or
call the office at 319-352-4040. Masks will be recommended for the well-being of all guests. If you feel comfortable attending, we hope to see you. Business casual attire is appropriate.
Silent Auction open NOW Handcrafted items from Ghanaian artisans are featured along with some other international treasures that were donated to Self-Help International by art collectors. Look for unique sculptures, framed paintings, hand-crafted items and more! Items can be purchased through the “buy now” option or you can place a bid. The online version will transition into the silent auction during the gala. Go to www.32auctions.com/SelfHelp2022
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Alimatu with her son, Emmanuel Ateiwmine.
Patience Obour, Nutrition Officer at Self-Help International in Ghana, recently spoke with one of the clients in the Growing Healthy Food, Growing Healthy Children program about her experience. The program works with pregnant women and new mothers, until children are two years old. Nutrition officers focus on tracking growth and development. Nutrition officers also work closely with mothers to support them in exclusively breastfeeding their baby for the first six months after birth. This helps ensure that the baby is getting the nutrients needed during the first 1,000 days of life so children grow healthy brains and bodies. Alimatu has six children: five boys and one girl. She joined the program through a friend who was part of the program. “My baby was three months old. Joining the program was timely since I almost gave up on breastfeeding,” she explained. “The nutrition team encouraged me to continue breastfeeding. I thought I wasn’t producing enough breast milk for the baby because he cried a lot. I was asked to demonstrate how I breastfeed the baby. From the demonstration, I was told I was not positioning and attaching the baby well enough for breastfeeding. I was shown how to breastfeed my child properly and for the first time, my baby didn’t cry when he was fed.” Alimatu was advised on how to follow a diet and was supplied with eggs and a high protein porridge mixture common in the region. “The supplement really increased my breast milk production,” she added. “I was able to breastfeed on demand and this really helped me to breastfeed my son till he was six months old.” 99
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In honor of Eric Baker & Bridget and Andy Baker-White by Bernadette Baker In memory of Paul and Doris Beetz by Richard and Leslie Althaus In memory of Irv Carbiener by Jan Carbiener by Merry and David Fredrick In honor of Logan’s first birthday by Laura and Pat Carruthers-Green In honor of my family by LaRue Clark In memory of Philip Clark by Joan Clark In honor of Jack and Barb Dahlby by Timothy G. Dahlby In memory of Gene L Davis by Frieda Davis In honor of Anne Denholm by Mark Anderson In memory of Mercedes Drees by J. Kelly and Irene Tobin In honor of Dr. Janice Dressel’s birthday by Gayle Skubick In honor of Stacie, Angie and Gabi Dressel by Dave and Jan Dressel In honor of William and Jane Edwards by Barbara Ann Peterson
In memory of Harold and Edith Gronstal by Eunice Nolte by Heather and Roger Soener by Loretta and Ron Stahlberg
In memory of Marcella M. McCormick by Kelly McCormick
In memory of Norma Happel by Larry Happel
In memory of Ruth & Roy Mitchell by Lori and Robert Mitchell
In honor of Dale Harpstead by Merry and David Fredrick In memory of Laura Hemmes by William Hemmes In memory of Joyce Hufferd by Merry and David Fredrick In memory of Glen Hurley by Margaret Phelps In memory of Paul Wesley Johnson by John Moreland In memory of Wendell Johnson by Marilyn Johnson In honor of Eldred Keane by Kathy Joblinske In honor of John Walter Kidd by Eunice and Bruce Bassler In memory of Evelyn and Elmer Kinsinger by Marilyn Van Roekel In honor of Karianna Klassen by Jessica Crawford
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In memory of Charles Neil by Eunice Neil In honor of Tyson Neukirch by Paul Neukirch In honor of Jerry and Barbara Oakland’s 50th Anniversary by David and Mary Jane Oakland In honor of David Oakland’s birthday by Thomas Phillips
In memory of Margaret S. Emmons, MD by Susan Emmons, Esquire
In memory of Dave “Lags” Lageschulte by Teri Edman by MP Media & Promotions
In honor of Mary Jane Oakland by Prairiewood Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration by The Rev. Stacey Gerhart by Jane Martino
In recognition of GISH 2021 by Nicole Cronkhite
In memory of Tom Lawler by Merry and David Fredrick
In honor of Gina Paul by Kevin and Kathy Paul
In memory of Harold and Edith Gronstal by Laura and Gary Buehner In loving memory of Alfred Happel by Barbara Badger by Denise Barnard by Dave Blanchard by M L Bohner by JoAnn Dorenkamp by Larry Happel by Audrey Lage by Abby Larson
In memory of Kathy Aileen Leichty by Julie Leichty
In memory of Don Paulsen by Donna Paulsen
In honor of Marnell & Stan Lyle by The Rev. Liane Nichols
In honor of Nadine Paulsen by Donna Paulsen
In memory of Jerry Mahacek by Merry and David Fredrick
In honor of Jerry Perkins by John Perkins
In memory of Maria Maixner’s father by Shelby and David Soeder
In memory of Walter Phelps by Margaret Phelps
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In honor of Marge Polys, IHM by Linda Delene In honor of Nathan Groenendyk and Rebecca Lee by John Waters In honor of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren by Fred and Carol Redmore In honor of Patty & David Ressler by Bob and Carol Richardson Smith In honor of Sue Richards by Linda Watkins In honor of Helen Roach’s birthday by Carole Gilleran In memory of Vern Schield by Scott Whitley In memory of CB Schmitz by J. Kelly and Irene Tobin In memory of J.T. Scott by Sue Scott In memory of Susan Sehr by Nora Tobin
In honor of Barb Smith and Rod Hoffman by Bob and Carol Richardson Smith In honor of Brian Smith, Ann Thye, Ann and Bridget by Bob and Carol Richardson Smith In Honor of Bob and Carol Richardson Smith by Barb Smith and Rod Hoffman In honor of Doug & Kate Smith, Megan and Lindsay by Bob and Carol Richardson Smith In honor of Dan and Katie Spilo by John Waters In honor of all past & present SHI Board and Staff & Nora Tobin by Mary Jo and Pete Hall by Jon and Gloria Tehven by Elizabeth Beck
In memory of Betty Sheppard by Mary Butler
In honor of Keith Swanson by Dr. Norm and Eloise Rinderknecht
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In memory of Bernard & Lodema Stout by David and Betty Stout
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In honor of Gail Stelmacher by Cynthia Thorland & Fritz Weitz
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In honor of Paul R Walther by Frieda Davis In honor of Bob and Martha Ward by Laurie Turrell Ward In honor of Vernon Wells by John Waters
STAFF IOWA
Nora Tobin Executive Director Susan Cornforth Administration, Finance, & Technology Manager Anne Denholm Development Director Katie Seifert Nicaragua Program Manager Jessica Crawford Ghana Program Manager
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Jorge Campos Country Director
Lucia Vega Galeano Program Operations Manager Yolanda Fletes Women’s Empowerment Program Officer Orlando Montiel Salas Clean Water Program Officer Rodolfo Ricardo Hernandez Navas Agricultural Program Officer Mario Barberena Agriculture Program Assistant Carlos Alfredo Obando Ruíz Accounting Assistant
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Benjamin Kusi Country Director George Saforo Ashanti Region Program Coordinator Constantine Nanguo Upper West Region Coordinator Ali Mumuni Banye Accounts Officer Grace Marfo Teen Girls Club Officer Lydia Adomako Micro-Credit Program Officer Patience Obour Nutrition Program Officer
Justice Amoka Sam Community Crop & Livestock Specialist Dominic Boakye Training Center Caretaker Benjamin Antwi Training Center Security Richard Opoku Caretaker Castro Acheampong Logistics Officer Bridget Gyamfi Teen Girls Club Officer Doe Christopher Assistant Micro-Credit Officer Edna Baloo Upper West Region Program Officer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Keith Swanson President Dr. Richard Neal Vice President Deb Giarusso Treasurer Barbara Hatinger Secretary
Dr. William Edwards Will Erken Pat Martin Dr. Dorothy Masinde Rev. Dr. Mary Jane Oakland Jerry Perkins Carol Richardson Smith Nick Taiber
EMERITUS MEMBERS David Fredrick Dr. Dale Harpstead Robert Hellman, Sr Jerry Larson Maria Maixner Fran Mueller
J. Howard Mueller Dr. Warren Prawl Dennis Preslicka Dr. Bertel Schou Jon Tehven Dr. James (Jim) West
Matilda Amanor Nutrition Program Officer Christiana Daankwah Opoku Assistant Nutrition Officer PROGRAM SUPPORT STAFF Emmaculate Etaah Gideon Konta Oppong Abednago Bright Opoku Linda Mensah Mary Adubea Robert Anika Mensah Sara Nana Adufah Ghartey Obed Forster Mensah POST-NATIONAL SERVICE Albert Amoateng Addae Mensah Patrick
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Self-Help International 207 20th St NW Suite A Waverly, IA 50677
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Alleviating hunger by helping people help themselves since 1959 Self-Help International www.selfhelpinternational.org IN GHANA Cadbury Hall Kumasi, Ghana IN NICARAGUA Quinta Lidia, frente al Km. 288 (Este) Carretera a Managua, San Carlos Rîo San Juan, Nicaragua IN UNITED STATES 207 20th St NW Suite A Waverly, IA 50677 • (319) 352-4040
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Wednesday, June 15
Tuesday, March 8
Lunch & Learn online about program updates
International Women’s Day Lunch & Learn online about Ghana Tuesday, March 22
World Water Day Lunch & Learn about Nicaragua Friday, April 1
Spring gala fundraiser at Prairie Links Event Center in Waverly, Iowa
Friday, July 8
Lags Memorial Golf Tournament at Prairie Links Golf Course Saturday, July 9
Lagsride Event CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR THESE EVENTS!
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