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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

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

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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

Students from Rollins College visited Lishe Bora for the third time in five years. The group of 13 students, one faculty and one staff worked...

Ngara, TZ – People, Process and Parts Holistic Design assists Mukibogoye maintain garden harvest – 1 June 2018

01 Jun 2018

Students at Mukibogoye Primary School continue to maintain productive gardens and enjoy the benefits of their hard work. The students harvest roughly 250 kg of...

Battambang, KH – Organic growing assists three grandchildren – 31 May 2018

31 May 2018

Grandma MM is working hard in her organic vegetable garden to make it productive. This is because it feeds her three grandchildren, and sales of...

Siem Reap, KH – Organic Gardening improves neighbors’ children’s health – 31 May 2018

31 May 2018

The YSS family is improving their children’s health and also assisting their neighbors to do the same. They are sharing organic techniques for growing nutritious...

Kikondo, UG- Family works hard to achieve improvements on multiple projects – 25 May 2018

25 May 2018

The KFN family has had an exciting year since they started working with Wamukisa. The family has attended all of Wamukisa’s training sessions in 2018...

Battambang, KH – Bona overcomes challenges and excels in class – 22 May 2018

22 May 2018

Meet Bona, a brilliant 15-year old and one of Children’s Future International’s top students. He first began studying at CFI’s Learning Center in July 2013...

Utete, TZ – Organic vegetables improve kindergarten students’ health and success at school – 22 May 2018

22 May 2018

Hilda’s mother, Tatu Mtumbi, is a teacher at the kindergarten. She credits this growth to the daily vegetables KCM supplies the to the school. She...

Utete, TZ- Mother receives loan that enables her to move towards her goal of starting a tailoring business – 15 May 2018

15 May 2018

Mama AOM and her family are celebrating after Asha received a loan to start her own tailoring business. She began a 6-month training course to become a tailor and...

Utete, TZ- Family earns profit from chicken banda and is looking forward to growth – 15 May 2018

15 May 2018

The OMM family is using the concept of Continuous Quality Improvement to gradually increase the productivity of their small chicken business. Now the project...

Moshi, TZ – Mwangaria Primary School suffers from surprise flooding, starts planning next steps – 9 May 2018

09 May 2018

Severe flooding covered the communities around Mwangaria Primary School in over 3 feet of water in some places. Today, over 2 weeks after the flooding...

Kikondo, UG- Father saves income and improves health of three children – 9 May 2018

09 May 2018

The father of the LBL family built a vegetable garden at his home using skills he learned at one of Wamukisa’s organic vegetable growing training sessions....

Siem Reap, KH – Kyrstie and Carlos share memories from a day in Cambodia – 02 May 2018

02 May 2018

Better Lives supporters Kyrstie and Carlos visited Cambodia in December 2017. They spent time with Peaksneng Thormacheat Shop and also visited some of Cambodia’s popular attractions....

Siem Reap, KH – Family looks forward to new baby and renting-to-own their new home – 30 Apr 2018

30 Apr 2018

CWC and his family have been collaborating with Rey to design their new rent-to-own home for their growing family. It is being built with a...

Battambang, KH – Family home based shop increases income – 30 Apr 2018

30 Apr 2018

The VSV family have saved some money in order to establish a small shop in their home for selling vegetables and other household items. The...

Moshi, TZ – Maendeleo Primary School garden club achieves targets and is ready to expand – 1 Apr 2018

01 Apr 2018

Maendeleo Primary School’s student garden clubs met their target of harvesting 75k kg of vegetables every 2 weeks in the first quarter of 2018. Now...

Siem Reap, KH – Family experiences many benefits from vegetable garden – 31 Mar 2018

31 Mar 2018

The KR family is enjoying the benefits that come with caring for an organic vegetable garden. The vegetable garden gives the family an opportunity to learn...

Battambang, KH – Rent-to-Own makes a new home possible – 31 Mar 2018

30 Mar 2018