An Ethiopian family proudly poses
with the sheep they have acquired
with a loan from the SHG

Members often meet for the weekly
meeting in one of their homes.
A meeting about to start

This group in Ethiopia regularly meets
under a tree, sometimes even when
there is a drizzle

A training programme for Community
Facilitators in Sustainable Agriculture
at South Africa

This woman and her child are happy
to show their newly acquired chicken

The large pancake is Injera made from
Teff. This is a staple food in Ethiopia. It
is also a profitable Income Generating
Activity

This group in Ethiopia meets under
the open sky right in the middle of
their community

Some members in this urban slum try
to grow vegetables in sacks and
creepers between their houses

Vast hillside expanses of Emabhelene in
KwaZulu Natal. Several SHG members
walk across these hills to attend their
weekly meetings

Participants at the first SHG training in
the Philippines - July 2007

The first Forum meeting at Davao,
Philippines - November 2007

PRA – Social mapping at Negros
Occidental

Participants at SHG training in Mindanao,
Philippines

Expectations of participants at SHG
training

Posing for a photo after a transect walk
along the Beach at Batangas

A SHG meeting in progress in the
Philippines

A SHG meeting in progress in a dump
-site in the Outskirts of metro Manila