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
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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
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – CKS family is dreaming of owning a home of their own – 31 Aug 2022
The CKS family started as one of the Peaksneng garden shop’s seasonal garden families a few years ago. Father is 55 years old and lives... Read More
Kichondo, UG – Rose saves for home by raising pigs to sell at holiday season – 31 Aug 2022
In Kikondo Village, Wamukisa team member Rose is known for her strength and hard work, her smile and humor, and her knowledge of pig raising... Read More
Utete, TZ – Asha’s next step on the path to her family’s sustainability – 31 Aug 2022
Asha has generously given her first house, which was built with a loan from KCM, to her mother and two sons to live in. Asha... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Kisuluni students are harvesting their Grow-own-Breakfast – 31 Aug 2022
A big thank you to Lishe Bora team’s mentoring of the students of Kisuluni primary school, it is paying off with productive harvests for their... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Zinabala VICOBA harvests an abundant maize and bean crop just ahead of drought – 31 Jul 2022
The Kikondo Zinabala VICOBA (Village Community Banking Association) group harvested in July the staple crop garden they started with February soil nourishment and early planting... Read More
Moshi, TZ – UK students assist Tanzanian primary school students while discovering Tanzania – 31 Jul 2022
UK students assisted Tanzanian primary school students to increase the sustainability of their Grow-own-Breakfast program by working together on new improvements. The visiting students, primary... Read More
Ngara, TZ – RP starts his motorcycle passenger and delivery business – 31 Jul 2022
RP has purchased a motorcycle with a combination of VICOBA (Village Community Banking Association) savings and a pay advance from his job as a school... Read More
Utete, TZ – MAN family is proud of sesame harvest – 31 Jul 2022
The MAN family is proud to have earned 200,000 TZS from their sesame harvest. MAN is one of the volunteer families assisting KCM to feed... Read More