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Mazingira Vicoba Group (MVG) is making good progress one step at a time every year toward its sustainability, growing in business and investment to benefit...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora is starting a catering business – Apr 2023

Lishe Bora is starting a catering services business as a way to build its own sustainability, so that it can continue to assist local schools...

Utete, TZ – Vicoba families Sesame production and business development story – Apr 2023

The farmers who planted their Sesame fields as usual, in January after the first rain, lost their sesame because it died due to the drought....

Davao City, PH – Squash garden creates better health and income – Apr 2023

The Sunrise shop has become a good example and mentor of growing techniques to the families in Barangay Colonsabak, Purok 5 Barak. The shop shares...

Kahe, TZ – Maendeleo Primary students re-build their thorn bush fence and vegetable garden – Apr 2023

The students are rebuilding their fence of thorn bushes, which protects their school breakfast vegetable garden, after sheep and goats broke through it and enjoyed...

Kikondo, UG – MVP Family FAITH garden saves money and improves nutrition – Apr 2023

The MVP family’s three children smile as they re-plant kale seedlings inter-cropped with beans in their FAITH garden. MVP mother and father had lived in...

Ngara, TZ – AJ’s sardine business story – Mar 2023

31 Mar 2023

AJ, a thirteen years experienced cook in Mukirehe school, is rejoicing after receiving and paying back all of the 800,000 TZS entrepreneurship capital loan from...

Utete, TZ – Siasa Primary School starts their Grow-own-Breakfast (GOB) – Mar 2023

31 Mar 2023

KCM collaboration with Siasa Primary school and students’ parents began to implement a breakfast serving program through the “Grow-own-Breakfast program”. To develop a longtime existing...

Siem Reap, KH – Mrs PWP explains why the family values their home vegetable garden – Mar 2023

31 Mar 2023

Reynaldo Diez

In the dry season (37 degree C / 98 degress F) in rural Cambodia Peaksneng, some families argue about who among them has the greenest...

Moshi, TZ – Local indigenous knowledge on dealing with extreme Draught in Kahe – Mar 2023

30 Mar 2023

The Global Effect of the weather has been well experienced by the school children of Kahe primary schools on their school feeding program in the...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Draught on Mt Kilimanjaro and its effects on the Children health at Lasso and Kisuluni Primary Schools – Mar 2023

30 Mar 2023

During these difficult moment of the long draught on Kilimanjaro Slopes, the Kirua Kahe water project has failed to constantly supply enough water to our...

Kikondo, UG – VICOBA member expands tree nursery business – Mar 2023

30 Mar 2023

Michael Kiwanuka

Wamukisa team members Michael and Rose explored Kikondo’s expanded avocado and eucalyptus tree nursery. KIP family started the tree nursery business two years ago when...

Siem Reap, KH – Mother’s gift to her children is food and education – Feb 2023

Reynaldo Diez

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,...

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...

Kikondo, UG – Benam Nursery School serves breakfast and learning to local children – Feb 2023

Michael Kiwanuka

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Siem Reap, KH – Productive garden assists family to pay their Rent-to-Own home’s rent on time – Jan 2023

Reynaldo Diez

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...

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...

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...

Kikondo, UG – Zinabala VICOBA expands influence and harvests another good crop – Jan 2023

Michael Kiwanuka

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Utete, TZ – IBM’s innovation – 31 Dec 2022