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CC has been raising pigs to earn money by selling fattened pigs as well as vegetables, and he has now added cow raising. For two...

Siem Reap, KH – Motorbike is one of the most import family assets in Cambodia – 30 Sep 2018

30 Sep 2018

YC and his wife YP are very relieved because they now own a motorbike for transporting the children to school, taking produce to the local...

Battambang, KH – Saving to make home water tight before the rains – 30 Sep 2018

13 Sep 2018

The SSS family are saving to replace a wall made from palm leaves that has rotted and now has holes, which let in rain when...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family hopes productive asset leads to home improvements – 31 Aug 2018

31 Aug 2018

The FRL family is excited about their new productive asset: a gas-powered corn sheller. They purchased the machine with a loan from their VICOBA community...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Community bank supports family to start business and pay school expenses – 31 Aug 2018

31 Aug 2018

The BEA family is using a 200,000 TZS (USD $93) loan from their VICOBA community banking group to start a business and pay school expenses...

Siem Reap, KH – Rey’s support and rent-to own home development provides a vision for hope – 30 Aug 2018

30 Aug 2018

The manager of the garden shop, Rey, was recently overwhelmed with emotion when TP, who had lost part of one leg to a landmine a...

Battambang, KH – First major school award received in the family – 30 Aug 2018

30 Aug 2018

CC and his wife SM are such proud grand-parents because two of their grandchildren have received school award certificates. One award is for coming fourth...

Kikondo UG – BGB family recieves loan to expand project – 15 August 2018

15 Aug 2018

Justin Sewak

The BGB family saved money with their VICOBA group for over a year and finally qualified to receive a loan. They used the loan to...

Siem Reap, KH – Family uses organic vegetable garden to save for future – 10 Aug 2018

10 Aug 2018

The CMB family started a FAITH organic vegetable garden in June and they are enjoying benefits like a consistent supply of healthy green vegetables and...

Los Alamitos, USA – Learning skills to become successful adults – 10 Aug 2018

10 Aug 2018

Dear Better Lives, My name is Jason Hearn, I am 17 years old, and I’m a senior at Los Alamitos High School. The Leadership Academy...

Battambang, KH – Visiting students assist shop team with community collaboration – 30 Jul 2018

This summer in July, the Healthy Life Reinforcement shop hosted sixteen students from Streatham and Clapham school in England. They came to assist the shop...

Moshi, TZ – Trinity School assists Kahe Primary School’s start on Path to Self-Reliance – 30 Jul 2018

16 students, 2 teachers, and 1 True Adventure leader from Trinity School spent 3 days working with Tupendane and Kahe Primary School to develop the...

Moshi, TZ – Denstone School assists Maendeleo complete steps toward food self-reliance – 30 Jul 2018

14 students, 2 teachers, and one True Adventure leader from Denstone School visited Tupendane for 4 days of service work and community collaboration. Tupendane Manager...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Denstone students help families along Path to Self-Reliance – 30 Jul 2018

12 students, 2 teachers, and 1 True Adventure leader spent 3 days and 4 nights working with Lishe Bora and staying at Lishe Bora’s eco-farm...

Kikondo, UG- Family benefits from active participation in training sessions – 30 Jul 2018

JA Sewak

The HHL family has attended 5 training sessions with Wamukisa. They are putting the skills they learned to work, starting a 3-bed family vegetable garden...

Siem Reap, KH – Visiting students and Peaksneng families teach each other – 20 Jul 2018

20 Jul 2018

Students from the Island of Guernsey fund-raised for projects, and then contributed their time in the community of Peaksneng, Cambodia this summer. While there, they...

Utete, TZ – Dickson’s business trial gains steam and nears income targets – 19 July 2018

19 Jul 2018

Dickson Taji is trying to prove he can earn a sustainable income using KCM’s Toyo (a 3 wheeled motorbike) to operate a small tranport business....

Ngara, TZ – Mukibogoye students enjoy first consistent harvests from school banana farm – 18 July 2018

18 Jul 2018

Students at Mukibogoye Primary School have started regularly harvesting bananas from their school banana tree farm. The bananas are a nutritious replacement for corn flour,...

Kilimanjaro TZ – MGA family saves income to build a new house – 15 Jul 2018

15 Jul 2018

Justin Sewak

The MGA family has almost finished construction of a new home. They have already moved in to the home and now they are saving for...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT partner school harvest beans from trial farms – 8 July 2018

08 Jul 2018

3 primary schools in Ngara harvested a combined 1,377kg of beans from their self-reliant school breakfast farms. The beans will be used as part of...

Battambang, KH – Growing is better than scavenging – 30 Jun 2018

30 Jun 2018

PM is a part-time fisherman and farmer. Before February 2018 his wife earned additional income by harvesting and selling wild growing vegetables that she found...

Siem Reap, KH – Income from vegetable garden pays for water pump – 30 Jun 2018

30 Jun 2018

MO has earned and saved sufficient money from selling home grown vegetables to purchase a water pump. It has enabled her to build a toilet,...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora welcomes back old friends with Rollins College’s 3rd visit in 5 years – 15 June 2018

15 Jun 2018