Utete, TZ – Mother improves home for her family – 25 Apr – 2015
The OAM family is one of the families that has benefitted the most from KCM’s programs. KCM began employing Asha, the mother of the family,... Read More
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Utete, TZ – Students work together to repair cow banda – 18 Apr 2015
After more than two years in operation, the cow banda at Siasa Primary School was in need of repairs. Parts of the banda had fallen... Read More
Battambang, KH – Relay Planting and Pig Fattening Pay For Solar Light – 17 Apr 2015
The YY family live in a rural village outside Battambang, Cambodia. They have been involved in the organic FAITH (Food Always In The Home) vegetable... Read More
Caba, La Union – Organic Vegetable Garden Makes Saving Possible – 15 Apr 2015
Farming has always been a way of life for the CB family and their predecessors. This young family of three reside in Caba, La Union,... Read More
Addis Ababa – Retrak helping boys move off the streets – 11 Apr 2015
Between April 2014 and March 2015 Retrak served 13 boys in its Vocational Training Program in Addis Ababa. This was two more than their original... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT Team Making Exciting Progress Vegetable Gardening – 4 Apr 2015
The garden team from SODAT continues to make exciting progress developing their Food Always In The Home (FAITH) organic vegetable gardening program. Currently they are... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Family learns the joys and benefits of growing vegetables – 31 Mar 2015
Mr. CMC is a 42 year old man living in Peaksneng with this wife and two daughters. The family is maintaining an organic vegetable garden... Read More
Battambang Cambodia – Family Improves their Lives by Selling Vegetables – 23 Mar 2015
The YH family live in Preck Chdou village, in Battambang Province, Cambodia. They have five children living in a small wooden cottage. Living in very poor... Read More
Caba, La Union – Vegetable garden helps reunite family – 22 Mar 2015
BT and DT are a young couple in their mid- twenties with an energetic four year old son. As parents, they want nothing more than... Read More
Caba, La Union – Vegetable garden offers brighter future – 21 Mar 2015
The AN family feels that their lives are about to transition into something better. Mother and father were married at a young age and now... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Organic growing techniques improve yields – 20 Mar 2015
CK is a 33 year old father of five living in Peaksneng Village, Siem Reap. He is a young, strong, hardworking and determined man. He... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family Taking Advantage of Prime Location to Generate Garden Profits – 27 Feb 2015
The SDM family consists of two parents and five children. Before starting their garden the family made around 6,000 TZS (US $3.52) per week from... Read More
Kahe, TZ – Grandparents Using Garden to Support Grandchildren and Invest in Chickens – 27 Feb 2015
The RYS family is a husband and wife taking care of four grandchildren. The grandchildren are students at Rau River Primary School. The grandparents, age... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Father using vegetables to boost total nutrition – 28 Feb 2015
The RMK family started their garden with Lishe Bora in September. Before starting their garden the family was supporting their five children with 20,000 TZS... Read More
Twarumba, TZ – Water Access Supporting Economic Activties – 27 Feb 2015
In the fourth quarter of 2014 Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA) continued working with four communities in the Twarumba district of Tanzania. The communities include Mbwade, Twatwatwa,... Read More
Temeke, TZ – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Improved for Primary Schools – 27 Feb 2015
From October until December of 2014 Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA) was hard at work in Temeke Municipality in Tanzania. The organization partnered with UNICEF... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT Breakfast Program Improves Test Results – 27 Feb 2015
Better Lives’ partner Solution and Opportunities for the Disadvantaged in Tanzania (SODAT) has delivered breakfast porridge to three primary schools in Ngara, Tanzania since July,... Read More
Utete, TZ – KCM Team Member Gets Loan for New Home – 28 Feb 2015
Dickson Taji, 24, is a member of the KCM Garden Shop team. He is in charge of the compost and natural foliar spray production as... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Wamukisa Team Completes Organic Garden Training – 27 Feb 2015
Better Lives’ newest partner organization is based in the village of Kikondo, Uganda. Kikondo is about 20 miles from both Entebbe and Kampala. The organization... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT Team Continues to Develop Organic Vegetable Gardening Program – 28 Feb 2015
Since finishing their training in September, the SODAT Garden Team has been hard at work building their program. Since returning home in October, the team has... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – KLK family earns money from selling vegetables – 20 Feb 2015
The KLK family are blessed with four children. They live in a small village called Peak Sneng in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia, one... Read More
Battambang , KH – Tradition returns to improve family’s life – 15 Feb 2015
Before the Pol Pot regime, planting crops around one’s house was important for family food self-reliance and also a long serving Khmer tradition. In many... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Organic Gardening Techniques Help Family Promote Good Health – 5 Jun 2015
A growing trend in Cambodia is for outside investors, often rich Cambodians from Phnom Penh, to give a rural farmer a loan for chemical fertilizers,... Read More
Tamku, NP – Micro-hydro project expands – 01 Feb 2015
The micro hydro-electricity project in the rural village of Tamku in eastern Nepal is expanding. Recently, there has been an extension to a number of... Read More
Los Alamitos, USA – Youth Center holds 2nd Annual Leadership Academy – 1 Feb 2015
The Los Alamitos Youth Center’s 2nd Annual Leadership Academy celebrated 26 graduates ranging in ages from 16 to 18 years, more than double the number... Read More
Caba, PH – Waves Scholar looks to the future– 31 Jan 2015
GA is a Waves of Love Assistance Fund education scholar. The scholarship has helped very much, because before GA was awarded it her family struggled... Read More
Utete, TZ – Family Working Hard for Home Improvements – Jan 30, 2015
The ARM family has worked hard to maintain a successful garden in Utete, TZ. The family has kept their garden productive for over eight months... Read More
Utete, TZ – Mama’s Loan Group’s Progress Encouraging – Jan 30 2015
The Kindwitwi Mama’s Cow Group get 5-7 Liters of milk from their cow each day. They sell each liter for 1,000 TZS, which means they can... Read More
Dar es Salaam, TZ – Graduate Looking to Pay Scholarship Forward – 30 Jan 2015
Jackie Machele recently graduated from the Institute of Family Welfare in Dar es Salaam with an associates degree in Social Work. Her education was sponsored... Read More
Dar es Salaam, TZ – Student Earns a Chance to Achieve Dreams – 30 Jan 2015
Asha Nashiba and her family moved to Dar es Salaam in 2003. Ten years later her family was having trouble paying school fees and she... Read More