Kilimanjaro TZ – Mkyashi water collection tanks no longer needed? – 30 Sep 2021
These water tanks served the community from mid 2016 to 2020, after Lishe Bora in collaboration with BetterLives made it possible for more than 21... Read More
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Kikondo, UG – COVID response encourages community spirit – 30 Aug 2021
The COVID pandemic in Uganda has presented extreme challenges, but has also offered an opportunity to Wamukisa and the Zinabala Village Community Banking (VICOBA) group... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – EA family installs home electicity connection and invests in a barber shop – 31 Aug 2021
The EA family are smiling becuase they have connected their home to the electricity grid, and have invested in a barber shop business. Elizabeth the... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Living with a pandemic – 31 Aug 2021
The corona virus has spared no one. Lives and livelihoods have been turned upside down. Families have been separated by lockdown measures. Business and communities... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Kahe community seeks a natural balance between Donkeys and Grow-own-Breakfast program for their Children – 31 Aug 2021
Finally, we all agree with ” love to children first” by being one team through collaboration among Ward and Village government leaders, Schools committees, Donkey... Read More
Utete, TZ – Family sells chickens to purchase a home water connection – 31 Aug 2021
The OMM family are feeling encouraged because their chicken project continues to gradually recover after the pandemic lock-down, and they now have a clean water... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Tupendane Manager Deo gives thanks for surviving COVID-19 – 31 Jul 2021
Today, 12 Aug 2021, is my most blessed birthday ever. This is because, thanks to our Almighty God and through the prayers and Love of... Read More
Kikondo, UG – GRY family welcomes their home water standpipe – 30 Jul 2021
Mama GRY is delighted because she saved enough in a year to install a home water standpipe for her family. She is very grateful to... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Rey presents Sareun and Aikon the title for their home and land – 31 Jul 2021
Rey Diez, manager of Peaksneng Thormacheat Garden Shop, is so very happy to present Sareun and Aikon with their ownership title for their Rent-to-Own home.... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Shop team and “Lighthouse” family assist neighbor – 15 June 2021
The Lishe Bora garden shop team and one of Lishe Bora’s long-standing “Lighthouse” families is assisting the EBM family to rebuild their home vegetable garden... Read More
Utete, TZ – Asha is growing vegetables for the kindergarten breakfast again – 15 June 2021
Asha is now strong enough to work in the garden growing vegetables for the kindergarten breakfast. She has completed her treatment and is back to... Read More
Ngara, TZ – New banana trees start to supply school breakfast – 15 June 2021
The Mukibogoye Primary School and local community are very grateful for Better Lives partner SODAT’s assistance with re-planting their banana trees after disease devastated the... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – SS and the Peaksneng garden shop promote organic growing – 31 May 2021
SS is a village official who assists the people, and is a believer in the value of organic growing and compost fertilizer. He practices what... Read More
Battambang, KH – Vegetable gardens contribute to income during COVID-19 – 31 May 2021
Sokherm has been preparing new raised beds to plant salad and lettuce. He has built five each for salad and lettuce. In two weeks time,... Read More
Utete, TZ – Livestock transportation impacted by changing regulations – 15 May 2021
The ever-changing regulatory and economic conditions in Utete region are a challenge for Dickson and his community. Dickson was attempting to buy and sell livestock,... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Mukibogoye Primary School is using the new storage building – 15 May 2021
Mukibogoye Primary School has de-husked, sorted and bagged their corn harvest for the first time in their new storage building that was built last year.... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Building mutual trust starts in the garden – 15 May 2021
The GJM family has been developing mutual trust with our partner Wamukisa since 2017 because of how they have cared for, and been able to... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Mkyashi community briefs partner about water supply challenges – 15, May 2021
Mkyashi families want to restart the flow of piped water in their community, so they recently briefed the manager of Better Lives partner Tupendane about... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Good harvesting under a grey sky! – 15 May 2021
The sky maybe cloudy and grey, but the students of Mwangaria Primary School have bright spirits as they harvest the school’s corn field for their... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Savun has built trust to qualify for affordable housing – 30 April 2021
The Peaksneng Thormacheat garden shop started assisting Savun five years ago, and now he has qualified for affordable housing in the form of a Rent-to-Own... Read More
Battambang, KH – Garden shop assists families during COVID – 30 Apr 2021
COVID infections, while still at a relatively low level compared to many countries, are on the rise in Cambodia. This means eating from family gardens... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Furaha Group expecting success – 15 April 2021
Social enterprise Tupendane gave Furaha group a microloan that assisted seventy families to grow corn. They might irrigate the two acres to protect their harvest... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Kabalenzi Primary has their best harvest yet – 15 Apr 2021
The Tanzanian community based organization SODAT, assisted Kabalenzi primary school to farm corn in 2021. The school harvested 2,513 kg (5,540 lbs) beating their target... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Zinabala completes business development training – 15 Apr 2021
Wamukisa provided Zinabala VICOBA group with business development training. Over the course of the training, the group developed five business concepts and plans for the... Read More
Battambag, KH – COVID pandemic is keeping families close to home – 31 Mar 2021
The KJ family is growing mornjng glory to eat and also sell to neighbors. This is because most markets are either much less active or... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Family is using their tractor to raise their income – 30 March 2021
The DK family are proud of how their small tractor has increased their income by using it for ploughing their market garden, and transporting the... Read More
Utete, TZ – KCM successfully transitions garden – 15 Mar 2021
Each year, KCM moves their market garden from a lake side area to the river bank when the lake water becomes too saline to irrigate... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Zinabala VICOBA group discusses bees wax opportunity – 15 Mar 2021
Zinabala Village Community Banking (VICOBA) group members are discussing their plans for expanding the number of bees they raise for honey and supplying their wax... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Mukibogoye Primary School needs a kitchen – 15 Mar 2021
The ten year old school kitchen collapsed in February, so SODAT and the school collaborated to build a temporary one. They dream of building a... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Mwangaria Primary School’s corn more than survives the drought – 15 Mar 2021
Mwangaria Primary School’s team of Tupendane and parents worked in a smart way to protect their school breakfast’s corn from drought conditions this year. Before... Read More