Utete, TZ – Vicoba Volunteer Families (VVF) now own crop production land – Sep 2025
VVF Village Community Banking (Vicoba) group is a community-based group of volunteer families working to improve their livelihoods and support development in... Read More
Kikondo, UG – FAITH gardening family uses training and VICOBA funding to grow maize income – Sep 2025
MJP family has been active in all activities carried out by Wamukisa in Kikondo village. The family started 7 years ago by... Read More
Battambang, KH – CP family cares for their productive vegetable garden – Sep 2025
Mrs CP has successfully started a new vegetable garden, which has proven to be productive. Some of the vegetables are used for... Read More
Kikondo, UG – Merged Kigasa/Zinabala VICOBA organizes first project – Sep 2024
The Zinabala and Kigasa group have merged to make one VICOBA of 70 members. Now they must learn to govern the larger... Read More
Kikondo, UG – FMJ family adds staple crops to agriculture business – Aug 2024
The FMJ family (previously named GJM without clan reference https://betterlives.org/2023/06/kikondo-ug-family-adapts-organic-gardening-to-commercial-growing-june-2023/ ) has successfully grown maize, bringing more profit to its agriculture business.... Read More
Mkyashi, TZ – School vegetable gardens are commercial gardens during the holidays to assist sustaining Grow-own-Breakfast (GOB) Program – Dec 2023
The Lishe Bora team, in collaboration with students and teachers of both Lasso and Kisuluni primary schools, has assisted the school children... Read More
Kikondo, UG – MJP family uses their Food Always In The Home (FAITH) garden for nutrition and VICOBA savings – Nov 2023
Wamukisa has encouraged MJP mother and father and their twin boys who help pick, with PATH steps that lead to sustainable living,... Read More
Kikondo, UG – GRY Family expands growing to supply school with commercial garden harvests – Sep 2023
The GRY family has expanded their agriculture activities by renting one-half acre of land to grow bitterberries (small eggplants). The family is... Read More
Kidondo, UG – family adds commercial garden to its agribusiness – Jul 2023
The YNM family has started its own agriculture business using earnings from maintaining Kikondo’s Zinabala VICOBA staple crop garden ( https://betterlives.org/2022/05/kikondo-ug-zinabala-vicoba-staple-crop-progresses-well-in-rainy-season-31-may-2022/ ).... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Commercial Banana & Crop Garden is a step on the Grow your Own Breakfast (GOB) program’s path to sustainability – June 2023
It is one year now since the collaboration between the Mwangaria Community, Tupendane team, Richard Challoner School students and teachers from UK... Read More