Highlights
Programs and projects helped:
64 Families
200 Children
14 Visiting Students
Lishe Bora shop’s relationship with the Mkyashi community grew by leaps and bounds this year. The shop-sponsored water project supplied nine families with home water connections and dozens more purchased water from the connected families, which reduced their walking time to collect water and water bill.
The shop helped organize over forty families into two community banking groups in Kirua and Mkyashi, so that they could save and borrow more easily. The shop’s new agricultural supply store has been well received by the community because it benefits local farmers because they now avoid trips to the local town and pay less for tools and agricultural inputs.
Most Impactful Implementation
Lishe Bora implemented:
6 programs
20 projects
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Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Kirua-based VICOBA celebrates 4,000,000 TZS lending milestone – 2 Dec 2016
Lishe Bora’s Kirua-based VICOBA group celebrated a milestone in November: over 4,000,000 TZS (US $1,904) in loans distributed since beginning to lend on 12 March 2016. All 17 members of the groups have now received at least one loan, with loans ranging from 50,000 TZS (US $23) to 300,000 TZS (US $143).
Hosting Student Groups
Lishe Bora hosted:
1 group
14 students
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Lishe Bora hosted a group of 14 college students for a day of site visits and educational tours. The students visited the Mkyashi Water Project, Lishe Bora Agricultural Store, and then participated in a mock VICOBA meeting.
Path Stage: Access Resources
# Families
9 graduated from the stage
0 working to graduate
9 families received home water connections in 2016. 3 of those families already have organic vegetable gardens. 6 of them now have the opportunity to attend Soil Nourishment training and start organic vegetable gardens.
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Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Long-time gardener continues improving life for his family – 19 Aug 2016
After 3 years of maintaining a productive vegetable garden, the father of the Msaranga family is finally seeing his biggest dream come true: his family now has affordable water piped directly to their home. This will provide a new source of income from selling water to neighbors, and enable the family to increase the size of their vegetable garden.
Path Stage: Apply Knowledge
# Families
14 graduated from the stage
6 working to graduate
14 families received organic gardening training and graduated to the health stage because they are successfully maintaining their gardens and feeding their families consistently.
6 families have received training and are ready to start their gardens.
Gasper Kisoli’s family started their garden in May 2015. They have always seen themselves as farmers so starting an organic vegetable garden with the Lishe Bora Garden Shop was a natural fit for them. Their enthusiasm for farming shows in their garden. They have already built their own seedling nursery and have maintained a consistently productive garden.
Path Stage: Strengthen Health
# Families
43 graduated from the stage
14 working to graduate
43 families earned enough consistent income selling vegetables that they were able to begin savings and investing in Village Community Banks.
14 families have started gardens and are still working to develop enough consistent income.
Mr. BMM, his wife, and their 12 children have worked as a strong team to maintain their vegetable garden, increase their income, and improve their home. In the past year the family has added a second room to their home, started a business keeping 70 chickens for eggs, and purchased two pigs to go with the cows and goats they were already raising.
Path Stage: Earn Income
# Families
3 graduated from stage
43 working to graduate stage
43 Saving
43 Received Loan
43 families joined VICOBA groups and began saving and investing in local community banks. All group members received loans in 2016. In the first year, families deposited over 4,500,000 TZS (US $2,100) in the two groups combined.
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Community banking group supports ill member – 1 July 2016
When Lishe Bora started their first Village Community Banking group in 2015, Babu Lyimo was eager to join. He had seen other people join these groups and knew they could be helpful. He joined the group and was nominated to be a leader, helping with keeping minutes and checking the ledger.
Path Stage: Improve Home
# Families
0 graduated from stage
3 working to graduate
2 saving
1 received loan
3 families earned enough consistent income that they were able to start putting money towards home improvement. 1 family received a loan to build a new home and others are using their savings and regular income.
Lishe Bora garden shop manager Mary Andrea Shayo is preparing to make her final repayment on a land loan she received in October 2015. She received 1,500,000 TZS (US $714.29) to finish purchasing a quarter acre of land for 4,500,000 TZS.
Path Stage: Enhance Education
# Schools
# Children
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Lishe Bora did not run any programs within this path stage. They look forward to working with schools to improve infrastructure, sanitation, and hygiene when they host student groups in summer 2017!