Self Help Africa

The tree whisperer who has helped plant a million native trees across Ireland

Imogen Rabone started Trees on the Land to encourage landowners to grow native trees

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00

Entrepreneurs in Uganda are taking control of their own destiny

Producing top-quality coffee and running a poultry business are just two recent success stories

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 01:00

Irish NGO plants 300,000 trees in Ethiopia’s reforestation drive

Self Help Africa joins the country’s effort to plant four billion trees this year

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 20:50

Former Operation Transformation contestant walks 10,000 miles for charity

Ronan Scully embarks on latest Bay to Bay trek from Waterford to Galway this weekend

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 16:41

Charitable Irish trading platform shortlisted for prestigious award

TruTrade has been shortlisted in the Index Project Awards

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 06:36

Climate change: Plotting an action plan for Ireland

Political bickering threatens to overshadow Oireachtas committee’s radical proposals

Sat Mar 30 2019 - 06:15

‘I live my life so that others can have a better life’

Health hero: Ronan Scully of Gorta Self Help Africa helps improve life for people in the poorest countries in the world

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 17:01

TruTrade cashless platform helps African farmers grow businesses

Software developed by Self Help Africa assists farmers in securing fair prices

Thu Nov 23 2017 - 06:25

Gorta-Self Help Africa wins €6.5m crop project in Kenya

EU-backed food production project focuses on production and processing of cassava

Sun May 07 2017 - 15:00

COP21: Chorus of popular dissent rises on streets of Paris

‘We have the last word, these thousands of us in the streets - we’ll continue to fight for climate justice’

Sat Dec 12 2015 - 16:27

Smith threatens to sue IFA over €2m severance package

Former general secretary also claims he was defamed by suggestions that he was ‘fired’

Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00

Full statement issued on behalf of Pat Smith, November 26th, 2015

‘He has no intention of lowering himself and getting into a brawl with an organisation’

Fri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00

Concern Worldwide and Gorta Self Help Africa may merge

Irish aid agencies are in discussions after board approval of move

Mon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00

Adventurers plan to swim around entire island of Ireland

Swimmers face stormy seas and stinging jellyfish as they begin four-month journey

Wed Jun 03 2015 - 15:11

Could you survive a 250km race through Co Donegal?

Endurance athlete Sean McFadden beats 63 others to emerge victorious in ‘The Race’

Sun Mar 08 2015 - 13:45

Let us sing a song of praise to . . . the Irishry

. . . to a deep empathy of strong ethical character

Tue Dec 16 2014 - 00:01

‘Ethiopians are confused when we ask about the famine’

Thirty years after a terrible famine in Ethiopia, parts of the country are thriving, others need ongoing aid to fight food poverty, and the government is taking a hard line on dissent

Sat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00

Irish agency expanding its work in Ethiopia with three projects worth €4.7 million

Almost 48,000 families will benefit from new projects planned by Gorta-Self Help Africa

Thu Nov 13 2014 - 01:00

President welcomes move to send Irish soldiers to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone

Gender violence and poverty are addressed in Malawi visit

Wed Nov 12 2014 - 12:30

Development sector ‘shake-up’ will benefit Africa

Merged NGO says they need to pool resources if they are to make a significant difference

Mon Jul 28 2014 - 01:00