Tamku, NP – Micro hydro-electricity makes study easier – 31 Dec 2012
Three hundred children are now able to study at night thanks to a hydro-electricity project. It supplies electricity to Tamku village, which improves the living... Read More
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Addis Ababa ET – Vocational training – 31 Dec 2012
In 2012, the private foundation that supports Better Lives administrative costs also helped support Retrak’s vocational training program for older street boys in Addis Ababa,... Read More
Los Alamitos USA – Volunteer awards – 9 Feb 2013
On Saturday, Feb. 9, the Los Alamitos Youth Center staged a very successful and well attended first annual youth awards event called ‘A Night Among... Read More
Battambang – No underground water found – 27 Feb 2013
The P K family garden needs a water source during the dry season. The well driller used a manual drilling machine with a sharp head... Read More
Battambang, KH – Garden shop team meeting – 22 Feb 2013
Rey and his garden team of Lai and Phea had their first monthly team meeting with Salee Oum. Salee is a local Cambodian who is joining them to help... Read More
Battambang – Organic vegetable growing is healthy – 15 Feb 2013
Rey and Salee visited Mrs P to discuss relay planting in her vegetable garden.Mrs P has past experience using chemical fertilizer, so Rey and Salee... Read More
Battambang – Vegetable growing mentoring – Feb 8 2013
Rey met with Mrs P R to discuss relay panting of vegetables. The P R family has about 1/8 hectare. They are growing a successful garden,... Read More
Battambang – Small community starts vegetable gardens – 1 Feb 2013
Rey and the garden team helped the YT family start a garden, and worked well with the family’s mother and children. The family lives near... Read More
Battambang – Brothers then sister build vegetable gardens – 18 Jan 2013
The garden shop helped Mrs Y start her garden. Mrs Y is the younger sister of Mehta and Set, who have started gardens of their... Read More
Battambang – Protecting vegetable garden from animals – 11 Jan 2013
The garden shop helped the P family replant their garden and the family re-erected a black net fence to protect the vegetables from animals.
Moshi, TZ – AU family garden – 22 Feb 2013
The Tupendane team and AU family built their garden 22 Feb 2013 with wide raised beds. The family are knowledgeable farmers and excited about the... Read More
Moshi, TZ – JM family garden – 15 Feb 2013
The Tupendane team helped the JM family start their raised bed garden week ending 15 Feb when they had less than the target amount of... Read More
Moshi TZ – MMC family garden – 1 Feb 2013
The Tupendane team assisted the MC family start a raised bed garden 1 Feb when they planted early maturing loshuu, semi-annual mung beans and annual... Read More
Utete, TZ – Garden shop seedling beds – 22 Feb 2013
The organic garden shop will grow seedlings for the early maturing plants, like Chinese cabbage and tomato, in raised beds that have compost and rice... Read More
Battambang – Vegetable garden becomes productive – 22 Feb 2013
YY family’s early maturing vegetables are growing well, and the annual vegetables of sweet potato and morning glory are getting established as you can see... Read More
Moshi, TZ – JO family garden – 25 Jan 2013
The Tupendane team and JO family planted earth basins with Chinese cabbage the week ending 25 January, 2013. Unfortunately, they had difficulties transplanting the seedlings.... Read More
Moshi TZ – PR family garden – 18 Jan 2013
The Tupendane team, PR family and friends planted week ending 18 January, 2013, and the family is very happy with the garden. They had to... Read More
Moshi TZ – JR family garden – 11 Jan 2013
The Tupendane team, with the R family and friends built the garden with earth basins the week ending 11 January, 2013. The garden is under... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GM family garden – 4 Jan 2013
The Tupendane team and GM family planted the new garden the week ending 4 January, 2013. Since then the family have been caring for it... Read More
Utete, TZ – Garden shop compost – 15 Feb 2013
Michael from USA and Chris from UK are in the Utete area helping Frank, Yusa and Omari start an organic vegetable garden shop, which will... Read More
Battambang – Salee joins garden shop team – 7 Feb 2013
This week was the first full week for Salee working with Rey, Phea and Lai of the vegetable garden team in Battambang, Cambodia. They introduced... Read More
Baja MX – G & P’s Home
Building a home for G and P was an adventure! First they lost their home in a fire, second their land is on top of... Read More
Caba PH – SO Family garden – 14 Feb 2013
The SO family live in the highlands approximately 2 kilometers from the coastal town of Caba town. Their home’s walls are made of bamboo wood,... Read More
Moshi TZ – LK family garden – 21 Dec 2012
The Tupendane team and LK family planted the garden week ending 21 December, 2012 with raised beds, and after 4 weeks the family are eating... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Kisangasangeni School garden – 13 Dec 2012
The Tupendane garden shop team assisted the local primary school teachers and pupils to start a vegetable garden in mid December, 2012. The teachers and... Read More
Moshi TZ – Tupendane garden – 30 Nov & 17 Dec 2012
Rey, Michael and Chris came from Cambodia, US and UK to pass on knowledge about organic vegetable gardening techniques to our Tanzanian partner called Tupendane,... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora brings on new employee to care for primary school garden – 2 Feb 2013
Lishe Bora has hired a new employee to help maintain the vegetable garden at Mkyashi Primary School. The employee, Laurenti, will be responsible for maintaining... Read More
Battambang – Family receives tools for vegetable gardening – Jan 25 2013
The garden shop team helped Mr and Mrs Y build a vegetable garden and gave them a tool kit for maintaining the garden.
Rey shares memories from his first trip to Tanzania!
Rey Diaz, Better Lives’ organic farming lead, traveled to Tanzania in December 2012 to share knowledge and best practices with Better Lives’ partners in Tanzania.... Read More
Battambang, KH – International team designs organic garden program – 20 Sep 2012
A team of five collaborated to design a Food Always In The Home (FAITH) organic vegetable garden program in Battambang, Cambodia. The team consisted of... Read More