Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family hopes productive asset leads to home improvements – 31 Aug 2018
The FRL family is excited about their new productive asset: a gas-powered corn sheller. They purchased the machine with a loan from... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Community bank supports family to start business and pay school expenses – 31 Aug 2018
The BEA family is using a 200,000 TZS (USD $93) loan from their VICOBA community banking group to start a business and... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Denstone students help families along Path to Self-Reliance – 30 Jul 2018
12 students, 2 teachers, and 1 True Adventure leader spent 3 days and 4 nights working with Lishe Bora and staying at... Read More
Kilimanjaro TZ – MGA family saves income to build a new house – 15 Jul 2018
The MGA family has almost finished construction of a new home. They have already moved in to the home and now they... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora welcomes back old friends with Rollins College’s 3rd visit in 5 years – 15 June 2018
Students from Rollins College visited Lishe Bora for the third time in five years. The group of 13 students, one faculty and... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ- Eliza’s family pig banda continues to model income earning opportunity – 30 Jan 2018
The 2 pigs in Eliza’s pig banda are healthy and getting fatter every day. Their estimated value is 300,000 TZS (US $139.53),... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Water project committee problem-solving for a more productive 2018 – 15 Dec 2017
The Mkyashi Water Project’s leadership committee met at the beginning of December to discuss improvements to the project’s people, process, and parts.... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – After creating a new local market, Lishe Bora begins planning for next phase – 8 Dec 2017
Lishe Bora’s agriculture store benefitted families throughout Kilema and Kirua Counties by reducing the cost of farming and keeping livestock. Lower costs... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Eliza finishes cow loan repayments, turns attention to home improvement – 17 Nov 2017
Eliza and her family have completed loan repayments on their dairy cow loan. After two years the family has finally fully paid... Read More
Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Mother uses garden income to start small businesses – 10 Nov 2017
The OFM family is using their vegetable gardenas a catalyst for small home businesses. So far they have started a small store... Read More