Two international development charities with headquarters in Northern Ireland and the Republic have merged to improve their support for more than four million people living in sub-Saharan Africa. At a function in Belfast on Tuesday evening War on Want Northern Ireland formally relaunched as Self Help Africa following a merger with the Dublin-based development charity. Self Help Africa also has offices in London, Shrewsbury, and New York. War on Want NI supports agricultural development projects in Uganda and previously in Malawi, while Self Help Africa has projects in each of these countries, as well as farm and enterprise development activities in Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia and across several countries in West Africa. Self Help Africa merged with Gorta, one of the Republic’s longest established overseas agricultural development organisations, in 2014.

Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2018 20:26 UTC