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
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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
Battambang, KH – Volunteers help grandmother’s interest in a garden – 30 May 2014
One morning when Rob and Angie from UK were helping build a vegetable garden, DG was sitting beside the garden and giving a big smile... Read More
Moshe, TZ – WMZ family’s garden income – 30 May 2014
The WMZ family has one of the oldest gardens in Kahe. Over the past nine months that the family has maintained their garden they have... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – IVM family’s garden food – 30 May 2014
The IVM family garden was one of the most challenging for the Lishe Bora Garden Shop team to build, because the family lives near the... Read More
Caba, PH – REM earns scholarship – 30 Apr 2014
Rhoniel Eledave Mangaoang is the eldest child of Ronald and Elizabeth Mangaoang. He comes from a family of hard-working and industrious parents but of very... Read More
Utete, TZ – OAM Family’s garden success – 23 Apr 2014
The OAM family in Kindwitwi was the first family in the village to start a garden in August 2013. The family is made up of... Read More
Utete, TZ – Cow’s stress means no milk – 23 Apr 2014
The Mama’s Group in Kindwitwi is anxiously awaiting the birth of their cow’s calf next month. After a promising start to their livestock business, they... Read More
Utete, TZ – Egg group overcomes chicken sickness – 23 Apr 2014
The past month was challenging for the Bates Chicken Banda Group as they began paying off the loan they received to buy their chickens. The rainy... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – LKN family’s garden success – Apr 23 2014
The LKN family started their garden in January 2014. The household is made up of two grandparents looking after their son and three grandchildren. The... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GMM Family’s garden success – 23 Apr 2014
The GMM family garden is one of the oldest in Tupendane’s garden program. They opened their garden in August 2013 and had the surprise challenge... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Vegetable garden feeds family of six – 23 Apr 2014
Mr. LL is 35 years old and married with four children (two boys and two girls; oldest daughter is 18 years old and the youngest... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Art teacher feeds family from vegetable garden – 7 Apr 2014
The LC family are a young couple who were married 3 year ago, and now have two children. The father is an art teacher at... Read More
Battambang, KH – Family works hard in the garden – 3 Apr 2014
HR is a poor lady who came to the shop team to ask about receiving the blessing of the Food Always In The Home (FAITH)... Read More
Utete, TZ – YM Family Home – 4 Apr 2014
YM works for the KCM Garden Shop in Kindwitwi, and is a member of an egg laying business. He was raised in a very rural community... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – ART family’s garden success – Apr 3 2014
The ART family started their garden in December 2013 with Better Lives’ local partner Lishe Bora (“Better Food”). Although the family’s garden is one of... Read More
Battambang, KH – Students are excelling – 31 Mar 2014
Our students are excelling – and our partner school- and our partner schools are beginning to notice. Five (5) Children’s Future students who attend private... Read More
Caba, PH – San Carlos receives water system – 31 Mar 2014
San Carlos Elementary School, a kilometer and a half away from the Caba District Office, is composed of nine (9) dedicated teachers including the School... Read More
Battambang, KH – Community Liaison Coordinator – 31 Mar 2014
Community Liaison Coordinator Reasmey Cheut joined SeeBeyondBorders in September 2012. He shares what he has been working on over the past 18 months. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT... Read More
Battambang, KH – Vegetable garden feeds young family – 30 Mar 2014
The CR family are new to our Food Always In The Home (FAITH) garden program. Mr. CR works as a building laborer earning only $2... Read More
Utete, TZ – Egg business selling 60 eggs per day – 27 Mar 2014
The chicken banda project in Kindwitwi is proceeding according to plan. While the team hasn’t increased yields beyond expectations – as they were hoping to... Read More
Utete, TZ – Cow groups focus on milk yield – 27 Mar 2014
The two cow groups in Kindwitwi – the MOM family and the Mamas’ Group – are working to figure out how to increase their cows’ milk... Read More
Moshi, TZ – KFM family – 27 Mar 2014
The KFM family is two 56 year old grandparents looking after their two grandchildren. The family was one of the first families in Kahe to... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Poorest families helped by vegetable gardens – 22 Mar 2014
The Do Kong Family is a young couple blessed with one son. However, in New Peak Snaing Village they have been well known as one... Read More