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Kilimanjaro, TZ – Feed children today for our own better society of tomorrow – Jan 2023

Education is one item which plays a key contribution to the wellbeing of our Mkyashi village in Kilimanjaro.Lishe bora identify a gap in the Kisuluni...

Utete, TZ – VICOBA group purchases a modern farm spray pump – Jan 2023

The Vicoba volunteer families thank KCM and Better lives for supporting them with a loan for buying a modern powered agricultural spray pump. It is...

Kikondo, UG – Zinabala VICOBA expands influence and harvests another good crop – Jan 2023

Michael Kiwanuka

In challenging weather conditions, Zinabala VICOBA is harvesting and storing another abundant maize crop as well as staging two more bee hives for delivery by...

Moshi, TZ – Sustainable Banana Management – Jan 2023

Deogratius Matemu

Bananas have been one of the major ingredients in the children’s meals at Kahe primary schools through their Grow-own-Breakfast (GOB) program assisted by Tupendane and...

Kikondo, UG – Rose sells pigs to invest in income producing land — 31 Dec 2022

Rose is smiling with cash in her hands because she achieved her target of selling her pigs this month, leaving her pens empty except for...

Ngara, TZ – Students learn and participate in Kabalenzi school clean water installation – 31 Dec 2022

SODAT in collaboration with KBL school’s board and parents continued improving their children’s life, health, and learning environment by building toilet blocks and installing clean...

Moshi, TZ – Mobile solar electric pump assists Tupendane team to manage drought risk – 31 Dec 2022

Application of an alternative cheap source of energy is of a key importance to the sustainability of our affordable safe food production in the current...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Strong marketing plays major role in our business growth in Mkyashi Village Community – 31 Dec 2022

What a joyfully day when women from Lishe Jamii Vicoba receives their first loan from Lishe Bora through their supports program from Better Lives. Lishe...

Utete, TZ – IBM’s innovation – 31 Dec 2022

TN family thanks KCM for the gardening and business knowledge they received alongside training Vicoba families’ savings and volunteering in productions to assist KCM self-sufficiently...

Digos City, PH – Rising Sun garden shop has good organically grown tomato crop – 31 Dec 2022

The Rising Sun garden shop knows of the urgent need for a more sustainable and ecological approach to growing food, and has produced many innovative...

Ngara, TZ – Mukirehe School partners with local social enterprise to manage banana field – 30 Nov 2022

It is seven months since Mukirehe School and parents met to partner with SODAT for management services for banana fields that includes maintaining and recording...

Siem Reap, KH – NN family survive COVID lockdowns, weather challenges and recent inflation thanks to their vegetable garden – 30 Nov 2022

The NN family have survived COVID-19, weather extremes and high inflation due in part to Russsian invation of Ukraine that together have created a world...

Moshi, TZ – Earning income for sustainable feeding program at Kahe Primary School – 30 Nov 2022

Tupendane has been improving the design of its GOB (Grow your Own Breakfast) program at the primary schools in Tanzania. One of the improvements strategy...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora and local government cooperate to deliver water to more families – 30 Nov 2022

MM is one of the 20 new families who now have a new drinking water connections for their homes. Drinking water was a big challenge...

Utete, TZ – HSN is very grateful to KCM for a Rent-To-Own motorcycle loan – 30 Nov 2022

The Rent-To-Own motorcycle loan has enabled HSN to start a people and packages delivery service in his community of Kindwitwi and the neighboring towns that...

Kikondo, UG – Jaja Sarah’s Kindergarten Recalls History and Plans Future – 30 Nov 2022

JaJa Sarah, who leads Wamukisa Support Organization in Kikondo village, will celebrate more than 40 years of teaching young children when she opens kindergarten the...

Utete, TZ – Kindergarten garden club is great fun! – 31 Oct 2022

After the KCM team assisted the start of Malihai garden club, with boarding students at Utete secondary school, the team started a garden club with...

Moshe, TZ – Happy meal in Kahe! – 31 Oct 2022

A breakfast serving is one of the joyfully activities that Tupendane is assisting the children of Mwangaria primary school with. Tupendane team in Kahe Ward...

Kikondo, UG – SMW family rebuilding their goat herd! – 31 Oct 2022

Wamukisa manager Michael visited the SMW family’s expanded goat rearing project just in time to help walk the flock home for the evening. After losing...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Jamii Village Community Banking group is earning sustainable income and assisting children to strengthen their health – 31 Oct 2022

Lishe Jamii VICOBA Group was established in January 2022 with 12 members aiming to start a nutritious flour selling business, the members were originally assisted...

Siem Reap, KH – Savun’s daughter and granddaughter enjoy their banana and vegetable garden – 31 Oct 2022

Savun really missed his family time when he was separated from them. Now that they are reunited in their Rent-to-Own home he believes that gardening...

Ngara, TZ – Mazingira VICOBA tree nursery is getting going! – 31 Oct 2022

The Mazingira Village Community Banking Association (VICOBA) is taking one step at a time and has now started to pay its loan repayments successfully after...

Kikondo, UG – FNS family grows income with a staple crop garden – 30 Sep 2022

The FNS family has expanded their income-earning projects by saving to buy land for a large staple crop garden where they grow and harvest maize...

Siem Reap, KH – Rey presents BCO family with key to their Rent-to-Own home – 30 Sep 2022

The BCO family tested renting a small shop in Peaksneng market a while back, and fortunately it worked and they started to build trust with...

Moshe, TZ – Social Enterprise Tupendane’s team assists schools, and plants banana trees for its own sustainability – 30 Sep 2022

Tupendane’s team of seven people has been continuously improving an Easy, Efficient, Effective and Enjoyable (4E) repeatable Grow-own-Breakfast process for the local schools’ teachers, children...

Ngara, TZ – Ester cooks at school and starts catering business with VICOBA loan – 30 Sep 2022

Ester has been cooking and serving breakfast to children at Kabalenzi primary school since 2011. She is now expanding her cooking services to the community...

Utete, TZ – MAN continues to improve her family life – 30 Sep 2022

MAN continues to improve her family life by volunteering to assist KCM with growing food for the kindergarten children, and receiving a sewing machine loan...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Afya Bora Village Community Bank group receives first loan – 30 Sep 2022

Mary, manager of local social enterprise Lishe Bora presented Afya Bora VICOBA group with the group’s first loan. The group started on 24 January 2022...

Ngara, TZ – MVG VICOBA tree nursery is growing well – 31 Aug 2022

The MVG Village Community Banking Association (VICOBA) was established in July last year, and has now started a commercial tree nursery. The nursery team has...

Moshi, TZ – Water well will assist sustainability of schools’ Grow-own-Breakfast – 31 Aug 2022

The Tupendane team and crane operator are installing concrete culverts that line the new well on the future Rent-to-Own (RTO) home land in Kahe. The...

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