Annual Report 2024

Self Help Africa works with smallholder farming families across Africa to grow more, earn more and build climate resilience. Their 2024 annual report covers 96 active projects, crop insurance for 53,000 Ethiopian households, and ongoing cooperative, microfinance and women's empowerment programmes. The report also addresses a strategic restructure — consolidating from 17 to 10 programme countries — to strengthen focus and financial sustainability.

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📋About

Smallholder farming support, cooperative development, microfinance, climate-smart agriculture, WASH, enterprise development, women's empowerment, global citizenship education

📊Key Metrics

96 projects across Africa in 2024; active in up to 17 countries Key Metric 1
53,000 households enrolled in crop insurance scheme with WFP in Ethiopia Key Metric 2
Consolidated from 17 to 10 programme countries; transitioning Bangladesh and Brazil to local NGO models Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Zambia farmers achieved reasonable yields despite widespread maize failures through climate-resilient crop advice
  • Dairy cooperatives in Ethiopia increasing incomes and improving local nutrition levels
  • 25 years of work in Nigeria marked; new WASH programme launched; Rural Women's Empowerment project training women entrepreneurs

📍Geography

International

2024 Enhanced

Little Village Impact Report 2024

7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals (92% of all London maternity units)
Key Metric 1
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 2
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting; 174 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions saved through reuse
Key Metric 3
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved
2024 Enhanced

The Felix Project Impact Report 2024

Nearly 16,000 tonnes of food redistributed — equivalent to 38 million meals — to over 1,200 community organisations across London
Key Metric 1
London's largest food redistribution charity, operating from four depots and Felix's Kitchen, rescuing surplus food from the food industry and delivering it to community organisations feeding people experiencing hunger
Key Metric 2
Rescuing and redistributing surplus food, preparing meals in Felix's Kitchen, launching Felix's Multibank for non-food items, farm rescue, and policy work to drive systemic change
Key Metric 3
18% more food redistributed than 2023; over 13,000 volunteers welcomed; 145 new community organisations added to delivery routes