Utete, TZ – Group reviews one year in egg business! – 29 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... Read More
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Board member Jeff Shaw on his first trip to Tanzania – 30 Aug 2014
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Family uses garden income to improve water well – 15 Aug 2014
The BJM family joined Tupendane’s Food Always In The Home FAITH Organic Vegetable Garden (FAITH) program in January of 2014. Since then the family has... Read More
Battambang, KH –Grandma uses garden income to raise grandchildren – 21 Aug 2014
The income gap between the rich and the poor in Cambodia is extremely large. The poor struggle to make a living, while the rich live... Read More
Northern Tanzania – Family and Rollins College Group are a team – 4 Aug 2014
This June, 14 field study participants from Rollins College spent two weeks visiting Better Lives’ partners in Tanzania. They spent time with Better Lives’ partners... Read More
Utete, TZ – Cow groups face marketing challenges – 29 Jul 2014
Both cow banda projects in Kindwitwi are going well. The Mamas Group cow is now producing six liters of milk per day and the calf... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family uses best effort techniques – 30 July 2014
The MGA family garden has been one of the best exemplar gardens for Lishe Bora since the program started. The family was the first to start... Read More
Utete, TZ – Egg group learns from experience – 30 July 2014
The Bates Banda chicken business team continues to work hard, persevere, and learn more every month about the business of running an egg-laying operation. Since beginning... Read More
Ngara, TZ – School Breakfast Program – 29 Jul 2014
Solutions and Opportunities for the Disadvanatged Trust (SODAT) continues to make an impact on three schools in the Ngara region of Tanzania. Their breakfast program... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Compost Production Training – 29 July 2014
SODAT is embarking on a new project to empower the students, families, and schools they work with to become food self-reliant. The SODAT team is... Read More
Battambang, KH – Vegetable income helps grandchildren – 01 Jul 2014
Poverty often forces people to make difficult decisions. For example, a lack of food and difficult living conditions forces many Cambodian parents to leave their... Read More
Battambang, KH – Garden helps father be with family – 29 Jul 2014
KK and his wife have two children, the oldest is in grade one at school. KK supports their family by working as a building laborer... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Widow’s garden feeds six children – 2 Jul 2014
SL is a widow with six children living in Peak Sneang. Life has been hard for her as she has had to raise and provide... Read More
Utete, TZ – Mama’s Group welcomes a healthy calf – 1 Jul 2014
The Mama’s Group is Kindwitwi was happy to receive the good fortune of a healthy calf this month. Their dairy cow gave birth to a... Read More
Los Alamitos, USA – Youth Center Season Finale Concert – May 2014
For the first time in a 22 year history offering the only Elementary Music Education option to students, the Youth Center’s enrollment topped 400. Because... Read More
Baja, MX – BCM building family homes – Oct to Dec 2013
Hector tells us that Hector David and Paul were directing and guiding groups to build 18 Homes, 8 latrines , and 19 special building projects during the three months. Thank... Read More
Caba, PH – MKB family housing micro loan – 27 Jun 2014
M and K’s mother passed away in September 2013, however, this did not stop the sisters continuing with their Food Always In The Home (FAITH)... Read More
Utete, TZ – MHK general store – 27 Jun 2014
In June 2013 the MHK family received a micro loan from Better Lives, in partnership with the Kindwitwi Development Association, to expand his small general... Read More
Utete, TZ – OMM general store – 27 Jun 2014
The OMM family received a small-business loan from Better Lives and the Kindwitwi Development Association in October 2010. Prior to the loan the family had... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Floods no longer make it hard to feed family – 27 Jun 2014
Mr CWC lives in Sandam Village, Peak Sneang with his wife and four children. Like many other farmers in Cambodia, he grows one rice crop per... Read More
Utete, TZ – Crop growing season impacts egg demand – 27 Jun 2014
The group running the chicken business in Kindwitwi is optimistic that they have overcome some of the biggest challenges to running their business. When they... Read More
Caba, PH – SBF family garden – 27 Jun 2014
The SBF family are tenant farmers living near Caba, La Union. Since they do not own the land that they farm, most of the farm income goes to the... Read More
Dar Es Salaam, TZ – Ensuring grants are well spent – 27 Jun 2014
Molly’s Network is continuing to ensure that donor funds are well spent by building a credible network of non-profit organisations in Tanzania. In 2013, the... Read More
Caba, PH – SO Family Pig Fattening – 27 Jun 2014
In early 2013 the SO family were able to start a small business of fattening piglets that were supplied by a neighbor. They successfully sold... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Garden provides basic need for healthy food – 30 May 2014
KN were a newly married couple blessed with a 2 year old child, but they were a couple without employment. Life was tough because it... Read More