Moshi, TZ – Maendeleo primary school garden – 20 Sep 2013
Once the well was completed, a Better Lives sponsor donated a foot operated water pump so that the teachers and students were able to easily pump water for watering... Read More
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Moshi, TZ – Maendeleo primary school well – 29 Aug 2013
The Maendeleo primary school did not have access to suitable water for a vegetable garden so Tupendane, with the help of a Better Lives sponsor, arranged for a... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RTA family garden – 24 Sep 2013
RTA’s main achievement this past week was beginning her relay planting (with the help of the Lishe Bora team). All of her beds are now... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – MGA family garden – 16 Sep 2013
The MGA family has been eating vegetables for a few weeks now and their medium-term vegetables – cucumbers and zucchinis – should start to produce food in the... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RWA family garden – 24 Sep 2013
RWA’s biggest achievement has been her continued improvement at good gardening practices. She started off a bit slow, but now that she is growing some good... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RTA family garden – 16 Sep 2013
RTA had been having a lot of issues with caterpillars and she had also been putting weeds in her pathways once she pulled them from... Read More
Caba, PH – DET family impacted by storms – 31 Aug 2013
In August, the third month of the rainy season of the Philippines, a dreadful storm struck the country. It hit the family’s province of La Union, and caused... Read More
Utete,TZ – AMN family garden – 20 Sep 2013
Mama AMN has been harvesting her mchicha and Chinese cabbage for selling in the village and for her family to eat. The sun has been very strong recently so... Read More
Utete,TZ – YPM family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The YPM family has been harvesting okra, mchicha and Chinese cabbage. The eggplant and African eggplant have been getting close to harvest time. Mama sold 2,400TZS of Chinese cabbage last week and supplied all of... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora garden shop – 20 Sep 2013
The battle to control pests is ongoing up in Kilema, especially with the cutworm caterpillar. The garden team is trying many different techniques including; spraying... Read More
Moshi, TZ – AMU family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The AMU family have been regularly eating cow peas. They have recently replaced plants that have been killed by pests in order to improve the garden’s productivity. They... Read More
Moshi, TZ – MHK family garden – 5 Sep 2013
The Tupendane team visited Mr. MHK on 5 September to help him reform and replant his garden’s beds. The manager of Tupendane, Deo, really believes... Read More
Utete,TZ – KCM garden shop garden – 20 Sep 2013
The KCM garden team are currently harvesting tomatoes, okra, eggplant, Chinese cabbage, mchicha, African eggplant, and soy beans from the model garden. They have been... Read More
Utete,TZ – MHK family garden – 20 Sep 2013
MHK has been harvesting her mchicha, Chinese cabbage, and okra. She has also relay planted two new beds of mchicha to assure continuous supply. She... Read More
Utete,TZ – KCM garden shop manufacturing – 20 Sep 2013
The KCM garden shop maintained their manufacturing of compost, seedlings, and sprays for supplying family vegetable gardens and for selling to local farmers. The dry season... Read More
Utete,TZ – OAM family garden – 20 Sep 2013
AOM has begun to harvest her tomatoes, eggplant, African eggplant and Chinese cabbage. She has been harvesting mchicha consistently. She has also been using compost, which she... Read More
Utete,TZ – SMS family garden – 20 Sep 2013
SMS’s garden was planted on 6 September 2013, so all her plants are still very young. She is maintaining the levels of mulch on the... Read More
Utete,TZ – OPN2 family garden – 20 Sep 2013
OPN is an experienced corn farmer and mother of six children. When she saw her sister’s vegetable garden, she was very excited and immediately marched to... Read More
Utete,TZ – OTM family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The OTM family has been harvesting mchicha, matembele (leafy green similar to potato leaves) and chinese cabbage, and has been able to sell all the surplus vegetables.
Utete,TZ – OSM family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The OSM family has started harvesting mchicha and chinese cabbage from the family vegetable garden, and mama has been selling the vegetables that the family do not eat.
Utete,TZ – OPN family garden – 20 Sep 2013
Last week the OPN family started to harvest their mchicha. They have been eating it with every meal and have had enough left over to take... Read More
Utete,TZ – ATN family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The ATN family has started harvesting mchicha, okra, and Chinese cabbage. The family has been eating well, and are also able to sell surplus vegetables. Chickens are... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Kisangasangeni Primary garden – 20 Sep 2013
The Tupendane team have hired a local mama named Mama Christopher who has been working hard to get the Kisangasangeni school garden in good order. ... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Tupendane garden shop – 13 Sep 2013
As organic vegetable garden demand increases, the Tupendane garden shop has to get ready to double their output from building one to two gardens per... Read More
Moshi, TZ – SEA family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The SEA family is enjoying eating the kale and mnavu (african spider-plant) from the garden. The Tupendane team is happy with the garden but would like Mr.... Read More
Moshi, TZ – MMC family garden – 13 Sep 2013
The MMC family are looking healthy and happy! They have finished harvesting their tomatoes and have replanted more in the same beds. Their mentor plans to talk about... Read More
Moshi, TZ – LMK family garden – 13 Sep 2013
The LMK family garden’s zucchini are ready for harvest. Zucchini is a relatively new crop for the Kilimanjaro area, so the LMK family are excited... Read More
Moshi, TZ – MOK family garden – 13 Sep 2013
The seedlings in the MOK family vegetable garden have recovered well after being transplanted last week. The MOK family are taking good of care of... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – MGA family garden – 24 Sep 2013
The MGA family continue to be proactive in taking care of their garden. As soon as they planted their relay beds they put sticks next... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – PMI joins the Peaksneng Garden Shop team – 20 Sep 2013
The Peaksneng Garden Shop has hired PMI to assist with building gardens for families and making all the inputs that go into the garden program.... Read More