Better Lives | Assisting families, schools & children

When a family’s resources are limited they must make difficult decisions about the opportunities each family member is afforded. In the case of the OBM...

Battambang, KH – Family’s life greatly improves through hardwork – 16 Oct 2015

16 Oct 2015

Michael Oliver

CP and his wife live in the suburbs of Battambang, Cambodia with their six children. He is the longest serving member of the Battambang Garden...

Moshi, TZ – Family creates two daily income streams – 9 Oct 2015

09 Oct 2015

Sam Barnes

The PJM has used income from their successful organic vegetable garden to invest in a small chicken business. This has given them two daily food...

Battambang, KH – The Benefits of Private School in Battambang – 5 Oct 2015

06 Oct 2015

Michael Oliver

In the last three years, Children’s Future has seen drastic increases in motivation and social development of those students who transferred to Dewey International University...

Siem Reap, KH – Family garden continues to thrive and earn income – 2 Oct 2015

02 Oct 2015

Michael Oliver

Mr. SOL and his wife are the proud parents of five grown children, two of which work with the Peaksneng Thormacheat garden shop in the...

Utete, TZ – Family trying to ensure a bright future for newest member – 30 Sep 2015

30 Sep 2015

Sam Barnes

The AOM family has been involved with KCM since the garden shop started working with families to improve children’s health. Now the family is stepping...

Battambang, KH – Father works hard for his children’s future – 18 Sep 2015

18 Sep 2015

Michael Oliver

The gap between the rich and the poor in Cambodia is growing says Salee Oum, manager of the Healthy Life garden shop in Battambang. He and...

Los Alamitos, USA – A Head Start on the Road to Achieving Brian’s Dreams – Sep 2015

14 Sep 2015

Chris Wade

Brian was a typical teenager still finding his way in the world, confidence in himself with big dreams for the future. He came to the...

Moshi, TZ – Father aims to help his children finish education – 12 Sep 2015

12 Sep 2015

Sam Barnes

The FEM family has lived in Mwangaria village in Kahe, Tanzania for their whole lives. The father is 36 years old and the mother is...

Battambang, KH – Garden helps pay for school fees – 11 Sep 2015

11 Sep 2015

Michael Oliver

Mr. NSV and his wife live with their three children ten kilometers outside of Cambodia’s second largest city, Battambang. Since joining the Healthy Life’s Food...

Siem Reap, KH – Consistent work helps improve a family’s life – 4 Sep 2015

04 Sep 2015

Michael Oliver

Mr. EL and his wife live with their four children in Peaksneng, a small village 35km north of Siem Reap in Cambodia. Since joining the...

Siem Reap, KH – UK and Cambodian school children enjoy time together – 29 Aug 2015

29 Aug 2015

Michael Oliver

Students from Parmiter’s School, UK made their first trip to Peaksneng village, Cambodia this July. The group of fifteen secondary school students, two teachers and their wilderness guide spent...

Utete, TZ – Students work and play hard with garden shop team – 28 Aug 2015

28 Aug 2015

Sam Barnes

For the third time in four years, two groups of students from Parmiter’s School, UK came to visit the KCM garden shop in Kindwitwi village. ...

Moshi, TZ – Organic vegetable garden helping take advantage of business opportunities – 24 Aug 2015

24 Aug 2015

Sam Barnes

The EJM family lives in Mwangaria village, in southeast Kahe Ward. Both parents are small land holder farmers and they have three children age 13,10, and...

Moshi, TZ – Parmiter’s School students visit and contribute in many ways to Kahe – 14 Aug 2015

14 Aug 2015

Sam Barnes

From July 21-27 Tupendane hosted thirteen students and two teachers from Parmiter’s School (Parmiters) in England. The students worked on a number of exciting projects...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Parmiter’s School students bring new projects to Lishe Bora Garden Shop – 11 August 2015

11 Aug 2015

Sam Barnes

For one week at the end of July students and teachers from Parmiter’s School in England volunteered with Lishe Bora Garden Shop on the slopes...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Laurenti promoted to Lishe Bora Garden Lead – 1 Aug 2015

01 Aug 2015

Sam Barnes

Lishe Bora has promoted Laurenti to Garden Program Lead. The promotion makes him responsible for ensuring that the Lishe Bora FAITH Garden program continues helping...

Siem Reap, KH – Food and income security protects family – 24 Jul 2015

24 Jul 2015

Michael Oliver

One of the oldest and most successful Food Always In The Home (FAITH) organic vegetable garden belongs to the LY family. Their garden was built...

Battambang , KH – Family Receives Loan to Fatten Piglets – 22 Jul 2015

22 Jul 2015

Chris Wade

The TY family are living in Ek Phnom District, Battambang Province, Cambodia. They have two school aged children and one toddler. Like many families in...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Employee seeing life improvements while excelling on the job – 15 July 2015

15 Jul 2015

Sam Barnes

Lishe Bora employee Laurenti has made Mkyashi Primary School into a best-practice example garden that is raising the bar for how a vegetable garden can...

Addis Ababa, ET – Vocational training helps youth move towards self-reliance – 15 July 2015

15 Jul 2015

Sam Barnes

Tamirat is 17yrs old. He came to the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a year and a half ago due to a conflict with his...

Moshi, TZ – Family working hard and saving for a new home – 9 July 2015

09 Jul 2015

Sam Barnes

Twenty years ago Mr. JJM moved from the Pare Mountains to Kahe Ward with his wife. He is a farmer and she was a nurse...

Siem Reap, KH – Peaksneng Thormacheat Team Member Improves His Life – 12 Jun 2015

12 Jun 2015

Michael Oliver

CWC is a member of the Peaksneng Thormacheat shop in the Siem Reap region of Cambodia. His role in the team is to make compost,...

Moshi, TZ – Tupendane improving profits for small scale farmers – 5 Jun 2015

05 Jun 2015

Sam Barnes

Market access is a challenge for small-scale farmers across the world, from America to Tanzania. Most small-scale farmers need to move a relatively small and...