Spring 2022 Newsletter

2022 Spring Newsletter information@selfhelpinternational.org • www.selfhelpinternational.org • 319.352.4040

INSIDE: Spring newsletter 2022.indd 1

Help for millipede infestation ..... 5

Training for farmers in Ometepe Island..... 6 (island photo featured above)

You’re Invited to the Spring Gala..... 8 1 2/21/22 3:49 PM

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.

22 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 2

2/21/22 3:49 PM

perso well f I’m ea newe hiatu great Nicar and d creat challe helpi

Self-H forth secur empo acces organ year capac and A Regio to a s comb base Tradi at un

While Ghan quite imple secur

AS

ng in ng to d seed hey can amilies

hool, teracy start omic

A MESSAGE FROM

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

Spring newsletter 2022.indd 3

2/21/22 3:49 PM

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

OFSP grown in the ground

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.

OFSP grown in a container

4 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 4

2/21/22 3:49 PM

rs

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

de

ol,

$300

CAN CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO LEARN AND TRAIN ON BEST-PRACTICE AG PROCEDURES.

sier ers.

tion.

$156

CAN HELP ONE YOUTH TO START UP AN AG ENTERPRISE LIKE REARING RABBITS, GROWING MAIZE OR A GARDEN.

th n’s s in he have

$25

CAN OFFER A PERSONALIZED VISIT AND ONE-ON-ONE ADVISING TO HELP AN INDIVIDUAL INCREASE FOOD SECURITY, DIETARY DIVERSITY & HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

Ramatu Ibrahim and her baby Adizatu Ibrahim are growing orange flesh sweet potatoes (OFSP) in a container instead of in the ground to avoid millipede infestation.

5 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 5

2/21/22 3:49 PM

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

6 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 6

2/21/22 3:49 PM

Br

rs

WHAT CAN A DONATION DO? $350 CAN SET UP ONE COMMUNITY CHLORINE BANK TO DISTRIBUTE TABLETS TO MAINTAIN CLEAN DRINKING WATER

d

d d

p al on, ed Porfirio holds bags of tested water from Las Palomas.

d

ation m ack ever,

n

000 o

www.

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

Spring newsletter 2022.indd 7

2/21/22 3:49 PM

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

8 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 8

2/21/22 3:49 PM

a

ng of ope

TEACHING TECHNIQUES

and now” will

$77 CAN PROVIDE ONE KINDERGARTENER AT AN ASHANTI REGION SCHOOL A DAILY BREAKFAST FOR A FULL ACADEMIC YEAR $140 CAN OFFER MONTHLY NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATION FOR NEW AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS

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

Spring newsletter 2022.indd 9

2/21/22 3:49 PM

In

Memorial & Honor Gifts

In h

Received Feb. 21, 2021 –Dec. 31, 2021

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

In memory of Walter V. McCormick

by Kelly McCormick

In ho

by B

In ho

In honor of Fran and Howard Mueller

by Merry and David Fredrick

by Steve and Jaci Mueller

In

I

In honor of Nora Kathleen Koehn

by Nora Tobin In honor of Josiah Neal

by Wesley and Jerusha Neal

I

In honor of Richard Neal’s birthday

by Wesley and Jerusha Neal In honor of Richard and Karlene Neal

by Steve and Peggy Hickle

In h In

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

IOWA

Nora T Execut Susan Admin Techno Anne D Develo Katie S Nicara Progra Jessica Ghana Progra

NICA

Jorge Countr

BO

Keith S Preside Dr. Ric Vice Pr Deb G Treasu Barbar Secret

10 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 10

b

2/21/22 3:49 PM

rmick

mick

ueller k

ehn

hday

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

n

n

ps

In honor of Samuel and Hannah Teff

by Margaret Christensen In memory of Ken Thomsen

by Patricia Thomsen In honor of Maureen & Terry Tobin

by Linda Delene

by Claudette and P.J. McDonald In memory of Maurice Tobin

by Fr. Chuck Tobin

In memory of Arne Waldstein

by Marianne Waldstein

l

nd ers of

In memory of Joseph Tandoh

by Helen Tandoh

In memory of Bernard & Lodema Stout

by David and Betty Stout

In honor Eddie Seifert-Lorimor

by Nora Tobin

thday

In honor of Helen Tandoh

by Ivan and Anne Webber

In memory of Freda Vande Berg

by Pamela Chester

e Neal

ra y nd

In memory of Gil Taiber

by Jonathan Taiber

In honor of Gail Stelmacher

by Cynthia Thorland & Fritz Weitz

In memory of Steven Sutter and Thomas Sutter

by Marjorie Sutter

h

In honor of Nancy Swanson

by Marcie Morrison

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

NICARAGUA

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

GHANA

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

11 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 11

2/21/22 3:49 PM

Self-Help International 207 20th St NW Suite A Waverly, IA 50677

NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID WAVERLY, IA PERMIT NO. 10

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED @SelfHelpIntl @SelfHelpInternational @SelfHelpIntl

Self-Help International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Tax ID: 42-0844679

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!

12 Spring newsletter 2022.indd 12

2/21/22 3:49 PM