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The manager of the garden shop, Rey, was recently overwhelmed with emotion when TP, who had lost part of one leg to a landmine a...

Battambang, KH – First major school award received in the family – 30 Aug 2018

30 Aug 2018

CC and his wife SM are such proud grand-parents because two of their grandchildren have received school award certificates. One award is for coming fourth...

Kikondo UG – BGB family recieves loan to expand project – 15 August 2018

15 Aug 2018

Justin Sewak

The BGB family saved money with their VICOBA group for over a year and finally qualified to receive a loan. They used the loan to...

Siem Reap, KH – Family uses organic vegetable garden to save for future – 10 Aug 2018

10 Aug 2018

The CMB family started a FAITH organic vegetable garden in June and they are enjoying benefits like a consistent supply of healthy green vegetables and...

Los Alamitos, USA – Learning skills to become successful adults – 10 Aug 2018

10 Aug 2018

Dear Better Lives, My name is Jason Hearn, I am 17 years old, and I’m a senior at Los Alamitos High School. The Leadership Academy...

Battambang, KH – Visiting students assist shop team with community collaboration – 30 Jul 2018

This summer in July, the Healthy Life Reinforcement shop hosted sixteen students from Streatham and Clapham school in England. They came to assist the shop...

Moshi, TZ – Trinity School assists Kahe Primary School’s start on Path to Self-Reliance – 30 Jul 2018

16 students, 2 teachers, and 1 True Adventure leader from Trinity School spent 3 days working with Tupendane and Kahe Primary School to develop the...

Moshi, TZ – Denstone School assists Maendeleo complete steps toward food self-reliance – 30 Jul 2018

14 students, 2 teachers, and one True Adventure leader from Denstone School visited Tupendane for 4 days of service work and community collaboration. Tupendane Manager...

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 Lishe Bora’s eco-farm...

Kikondo, UG- Family benefits from active participation in training sessions – 30 Jul 2018

The HHL family has attended 5 training sessions with Wamukisa. They are putting the skills they learned to work, starting a 3-bed family vegetable garden...

Siem Reap, KH – Visiting students and Peaksneng families teach each other – 20 Jul 2018

20 Jul 2018

Students from the Island of Guernsey fund-raised for projects, and then contributed their time in the community of Peaksneng, Cambodia this summer. While there, they...

Utete, TZ – Dickson’s business trial gains steam and nears income targets – 19 July 2018

19 Jul 2018

Dickson Taji is trying to prove he can earn a sustainable income using KCM’s Toyo (a 3 wheeled motorbike) to operate a small tranport business....

Ngara, TZ – Mukibogoye students enjoy first consistent harvests from school banana farm – 18 July 2018

18 Jul 2018

Students at Mukibogoye Primary School have started regularly harvesting bananas from their school banana tree farm. The bananas are a nutritious replacement for corn flour,...

Kilimanjaro TZ – MGA family saves income to build a new house – 15 Jul 2018

15 Jul 2018

Justin Sewak

The MGA family has almost finished construction of a new home. They have already moved in to the home and now they are saving for...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT partner school harvest beans from trial farms – 8 July 2018

08 Jul 2018

3 primary schools in Ngara harvested a combined 1,377kg of beans from their self-reliant school breakfast farms. The beans will be used as part of...

Battambang, KH – Growing is better than scavenging – 30 Jun 2018

30 Jun 2018

PM is a part-time fisherman and farmer. Before February 2018 his wife earned additional income by harvesting and selling wild growing vegetables that she found...

Siem Reap, KH – Income from vegetable garden pays for water pump – 30 Jun 2018

30 Jun 2018

MO has earned and saved sufficient money from selling home grown vegetables to purchase a water pump. It has enabled her to build a toilet,...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Lishe Bora welcomes back old friends with Rollins College’s 3rd visit in 5 years – 15 June 2018

15 Jun 2018

Students from Rollins College visited Lishe Bora for the third time in five years. The group of 13 students, one faculty and one staff worked...

Ngara, TZ – People, Process and Parts Holistic Design assists Mukibogoye maintain garden harvest – 1 June 2018

01 Jun 2018

Students at Mukibogoye Primary School continue to maintain productive gardens and enjoy the benefits of their hard work. The students harvest roughly 250 kg of...

Battambang, KH – Organic growing assists three grandchildren – 31 May 2018

31 May 2018

Grandma MM is working hard in her organic vegetable garden to make it productive. This is because it feeds her three grandchildren, and sales of...

Siem Reap, KH – Organic Gardening improves neighbors’ children’s health – 31 May 2018

31 May 2018

The YSS family is improving their children’s health and also assisting their neighbors to do the same. They are sharing organic techniques for growing nutritious...

Kikondo, UG- Family works hard to achieve improvements on multiple projects – 25 May 2018

25 May 2018

The KFN family has had an exciting year since they started working with Wamukisa. The family has attended all of Wamukisa’s training sessions in 2018...

Battambang, KH – Bona overcomes challenges and excels in class – 22 May 2018

22 May 2018

Meet Bona, a brilliant 15-year old and one of Children’s Future International’s top students. He first began studying at CFI’s Learning Center in July 2013...

Utete, TZ – Organic vegetables improve kindergarten students’ health and success at school – 22 May 2018

22 May 2018

Hilda’s mother, Tatu Mtumbi, is a teacher at the kindergarten. She credits this growth to the daily vegetables KCM supplies the to the school. She...

Utete, TZ- Mother receives loan that enables her to move towards her goal of starting a tailoring business – 15 May 2018

15 May 2018

Mama AOM and her family are celebrating after Asha received a loan to start her own tailoring business. She began a 6-month training course to become a tailor and...

Utete, TZ- Family earns profit from chicken banda and is looking forward to growth – 15 May 2018

15 May 2018

The OMM family is using the concept of Continuous Quality Improvement to gradually increase the productivity of their small chicken business. Now the project...

Moshi, TZ – Mwangaria Primary School suffers from surprise flooding, starts planning next steps – 9 May 2018

09 May 2018

Severe flooding covered the communities around Mwangaria Primary School in over 3 feet of water in some places. Today, over 2 weeks after the flooding...

Kikondo, UG- Father saves income and improves health of three children – 9 May 2018

09 May 2018