Siem Reap, KH – Mother’s gift to her children is food and education – Feb 2023
Providing Food and education to Ra children as a single mother is the thing that Ra called achievement. Since her husband Chea went to prison,... Read More
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Utete, TZ – OM hopes that new development in Kindwitwi area will increase demand for his egg and chicken meat business – Feb 2023
The New ward office, Secondary school and Vocation training center will be located in OM’s village, and OM hopes this will add value to his... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Benam Nursery School serves breakfast and learning to local children – Feb 2023
School term 1 started in February with Jaja Sarah, the director of Wamukisa Support Organization and chairperson of Zinabala VICOBA, opening her new school room... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Schools’ corn farm harvests and parent contributions sustain school breakfast – Feb 2023
The three schools don’t have sufficient land to harvest enough corn to sustain yearly feeding requirements until the next harvesting season. This made the schools... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Children when assisted are proving to make their own daily breakfast at schools – Feb 2023
Assurance of daily breakfast availability for children in primary schools in Kahe is one of the major Challenges, which becomes Top priority for Tupendane to... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Small strategic sustainable step is a key to the Human lives improvement – Feb 2023
Afya Bora Women Vicoba group has been progressing through the Lives Improvements path of its members since when they started their nutritious flour business last... Read More
Ngara, TZ – TMH is happy to receive a VICOBA loan to buy a motorcycle for his crop trading business – Jan 2023
TMH is a Mukirehe Primary school cook who received loan of 700,000 TZS from the Village Community Bank called Mazingira Vicoba Group (MVG). He used... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Productive garden assists family to pay their Rent-to-Own home’s rent on time – Jan 2023
LY family was once featured in Better Lives monthly article “Productive garden assist family to follow their dream” in 2020. Now maybe I should call... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Zinabala VICOBA expands influence and harvests another good crop – Jan 2023
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... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Sustainable Banana Management – Jan 2023
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More