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The work of Self Help Africa is made possible thanks to the support we receive from the general public, from trusts and foundations, and from a range of institutional and other funding bodies.

Below is a list of the organisations and agencies who support our work :
      
      
Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland’s programme of assistance to developing countries.
Read more here about where Irish Aid's funding is invested by Self Help Africa.
        
European Union is the political and economic union of 27 European member states.
        
DFID is the UK Department For International Development charged with working to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty.
        
Big Lottery Fund distributes profits from the United Kingdom national lottery to appropriate causes and projects.
        
        
ICLUF is The Irish League of Credit Unions Foundations, which supports the development of credit unions and their representative organisations.
      
Wetland Action is a European NGO that supports the sustainable management of wetlands in an ecologically sound and socially sensitive manner.

FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
        
Aus Aid is the Australian Government Overseas Aid Programme.
        
Google is the world's largest internet search engine and service provider.
      
Click here to read about our African development partners

Self Help is involved in both directly implementing development programmes with a local African staff, and in a range of partnerships with local NGOs and community based organisations. Click below to read about the partners we work with.
Our development partners
      
Visit some of our other corporate and business supporters

Alongside backing received from the general public, from our major funders and institutional donors, Self Help Africa is grateful to the many organisations who provide us with goods, services, expertise, branding and fund-raising opportunities which allow us to promote our work.
      
Corporate and business supporters
        

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Technologies:

Self Help Africa employs a wide range of sustainable technologies and approaches in our work. Below is a list of just some of the activities, and methods of working in our programmes.
      
Area enclosures - Environmental rehabilitation
Beekeeping
Fuel efficient cooking stoves
Enset - 'the tree against famine'
Triticale - a valuable hybrid cereal
Extension farmers
Watershed - managing the water table
Fertility trenches -optimising production
HIV/AIDS - addressing the challenge
Jar irrigation - when water is scarce
Fish farming - an alternate enterprise
Harvesting rainwater
Harvesting rainwater - an alternative
Rope and washer pumps
Savings & credit - encouraging enterprise
Tied ridging
Treadle pumps
Animal traction - ox power
Research - building bridges from laboratory to farm
Vetiver grass - arresting erosion
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Self Help Africa - UK
Second Floor, Westgate House,Dickens Court,
Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, SY1 1QU
Tel. +44 (0) 1743 277170
Self Help Africa - Ireland
Kingsbridge House, 17-22 Parkgate Street,
Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Tel. +353 (0)1 6778880
Self Help Africa Inc.
41 Union Square West, Suite 1027
New York, NY 10003, USA
Tel. +1 212 206 0847
Self Help Africa is an international charity registered in Ireland and the United Kingdom Registered charity number: 6663 (Ireland), and 298830 (UK)
Self Help Africa is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organisation in the United States.
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