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The Bates Banda group had one of their best month’s yet with their egg-laying business. The group made 376,500 TZS (US $235.31) in revenues from...

Utete, TZ – Loan group continues repayments on dairy cow – Oct 22 2014

The Kindwitwi Mama’s Cow Group is continuing to make repayments on their small business loan. In September the group made 190,250 TZS (US $118.90) selling...

Moshe, TZ – Family invests garden profits into chicken business – 22 Oct 2014

The MGT family started their garden in February, 2014. Since then the family has shown steady improvements as they have gained knowledge and experience about...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Father maintaining garden and helping spread water access – 22 Oct 2014

The AFS family has been very busy working on their garden and helping their community. The father of the family is a Certified Mine Blaster...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family uses garden to help balance budget – 22 Oct 2014

The SAMI family started their garden alongside volunteers from Rollins College in June, 2014. Since starting their garden they have increased their income and decreased...

Siem Reap, KH – Family extends vegetable garden – 30 Oct 2014

The SOL‏ Family live in Peaksnaing near Siem Reap, Cambodia, where village life has some serious drawbacks because the villagers are extremely poor, and tend...

Battambang, KH – Garden keeps family together – 20 Oct 2014

YYM and his wife are struggling with a very hard life near Battambang, Cambodia, living with their three children in a small cottage roofed with...

Moshi, TZ – Rau River Primary School receives toilet block – 30 Sep 2014

On August 29, 2014 Tupendane officially presented Rau River Primary School with its new toilet block. The project took Tupendane just over two months to...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT team trains to start garden shop – 30 Sep 2014

For two weeks in September the SODAT gardening team visited the Moshi and Kilimanjaro area to continue their training in preparation for starting their own...

Moshi, TZ – Garden profits invested in small businesses – 30 Sep 2014

The GAM family started their garden in October 2013. Seven people live in the GAM household, the father, the mother, four children, and one grandfather. The...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Baby growing healthy with vegetable soup – 30 Sep 2014

The SIA family requested a garden in March because they wanted to begin growing healthy food to feed their newborn baby. Since starting their garden,...

Siem Reap, KH – Land mine victim feeds family from vegetable garden – 25 Sep 2014

Mr KS is ex-military, when he was a government soldier he stepped on a mine and lost his left foot. This terrible accident left him...

Battambang, KH – Vegetable garden qualifies family for a piglet loan – 25 Sep 2014

Mrs YT continues to maintain a beautiful and very productive garden. Her hard work meant that she qualified for a livestock loan, while also caring...

Battambang, KH – New school gives hope – 20 Sep 2014

Hello, I am Rotha. I am studying in grade 10 at the private school named Dewey. Before I start to study at Dewey, my study...

Battambang, KH – Garden qualifies family for loan – 20 Sep 2014

My name is Mrs MY. I have nine children, but the fifth one passed away. I have two children and one grandson who are studying...

Siem Reap, KH – Vegetable gardens have a large impact – 7 Sep 2014

Mr. SC’s family of six are members of the Food Always In The Home (FAITH) program because their farm’s rice production is not sufficient to...

Donation Request – Family Organic Vegetable Garden

08 Sep 2014

Your donation assists parents to feed and educate their children by helping them build a garden that feeds their family vegetables, reduces their food purchases, and earns them...

Siem Reap, KH – KN earns consistent income with local church farm – 7 Sep 2014

07 Sep 2014

Michael Oliver

KN is now working as a full time gardener for the local church farm in Peaksneng village. He now is able to earn a consistent...

Vegetable Garden

02 Sep 2014

Utete, TZ – Mama’s Group review the books – 30 Aug 2014

31 Aug 2014

Frank, the KCM Garden Shop manager, offered his accounting services to the Mamas’ Group in Kindwitwi who have been working on a small business raising...

Utete, TZ – Group reviews one year in egg business! – 29 Aug 2014

31 Aug 2014

Most new businesses go through an investment period until they break even, and the Bates Banda chicken group has been going through this during their...

Board member Jeff Shaw on his first trip to Tanzania – 30 Aug 2014

30 Aug 2014

Sam Barnes

Better Lives board member Jeff Shaw shares memories from his first trip to Tanzania: My wife and I had the opportunity to visit the welcoming...

Los Alamitos, USA – Mark benefits from leadership training – 29 Aug 2014

Mark’s experiences are a strong testimony to how a supportive environment, a desire to help others, and leadership training can help a person succeed. It...

Addis Ababa, ET – Bereket enjoys teacher role – 1 Aug 2014

Retrak’s Vocational Training Program for street children in Ethiopia has the ultimate goal to reduce the prevalence of street children in Addis Ababa, by helping...

Caba, PH – Family save for education and housing – 9 Aug 2014

Mr and Mrs TGL are in their late 30’s and both work on their farm, while Mr TGL also works as a carpenter to help...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – School plans to expand garden – 15 Aug 2014

Mkyashi Primary School started its school garden with Lishe Bora Garden Shop on February 18, 2014. The school garden is tended to by a Kaka...

Moshi, TZ – Family uses garden income to start a small business – 28 Aug 2014

The GMA family joined the Tupendane FAITH Garden program on November 28, 2013. After over 9 months of maintaining their garden, the family is starting...

Moshi, TZ – Family uses garden income to improve water well – 15 Aug 2014