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SYP, his wife, four children, four nieces and nephews, and his parents all live together in a rural village outside of Battambang, Cambodia. Feeding twelve...

Dar es Salaam, TZ – Local Organizations Building Fundraising Capacity – 5 May 2015

05 May 2015

On February 11-12 March Molly’s Network conducted a Molly’s Members’ Meeting for 14 organisations. 27 participants attended in total (there were two participants from most...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family using garden to put children through school – 1 May 2015

01 May 2015

The AN family started their garden in July, 2014. The family is made up of two parents looking after their five children. The oldest child...

Utete, TZ – Mother improves home for her family – 25 Apr – 2015

25 Apr 2015

The OAM family is one of the families that has benefitted the most from KCM’s programs. KCM began employing Asha, the mother of the family,...

Utete, TZ – Students work together to repair cow banda – 18 Apr 2015

18 Apr 2015

After more than two years in operation, the cow banda at Siasa Primary School was in need of repairs. Parts of the banda had fallen...

Battambang, KH – Relay Planting and Pig Fattening Pay For Solar Light – 17 Apr 2015

17 Apr 2015

The YY family live in a rural village outside Battambang, Cambodia. They have been involved in the organic FAITH (Food Always In The Home) vegetable...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT Team Making Exciting Progress Vegetable Gardening – 4 Apr 2015

03 Apr 2015

The garden team from SODAT continues to make exciting progress developing their Food Always In The Home (FAITH) organic vegetable gardening program. Currently they are...

Siem Reap, KH – Family learns the joys and benefits of growing vegetables – 31 Mar 2015

31 Mar 2015

Mr. CMC is a 42 year old man living in Peaksneng with this wife and two daughters. The family is maintaining an organic vegetable garden...

Battambang Cambodia – Family Improves their Lives by Selling Vegetables – 23 Mar 2015

23 Mar 2015

The YH family live in Preck Chdou village, in Battambang Province, Cambodia. They have five children living in a small wooden cottage. Living in very poor...

Caba, La Union – Vegetable garden helps reunite family – 22 Mar 2015

22 Mar 2015

BT and DT are a young couple in their mid- twenties with an energetic four year old son. As parents, they want nothing more than...

Caba, La Union – Vegetable garden offers brighter future – 21 Mar 2015

21 Mar 2015

The AN family feels that their lives are about to transition into something better. Mother and father were married at a young age and now...

Siem Reap, KH – Organic growing techniques improve yields – 20 Mar 2015

20 Mar 2015

CK is a 33 year old father of five living in Peaksneng Village, Siem Reap. He is a young, strong, hardworking and determined man. He...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family Taking Advantage of Prime Location to Generate Garden Profits – 27 Feb 2015

The SDM family consists of two parents and five children. Before starting their garden the family made around 6,000 TZS (US $3.52) per week from...

Kahe, TZ – Grandparents Using Garden to Support Grandchildren and Invest in Chickens – 27 Feb 2015

The RYS family is a husband and wife taking care of four grandchildren. The grandchildren are students at Rau River Primary School. The grandparents, age...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Father using vegetables to boost total nutrition – 28 Feb 2015

The RMK family started their garden with Lishe Bora in September. Before starting their garden the family was supporting their five children with 20,000 TZS...

Twarumba, TZ – Water Access Supporting Economic Activties – 27 Feb 2015

In the fourth quarter of 2014 Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA) continued working with four communities in the Twarumba district of Tanzania. The communities include Mbwade, Twatwatwa,...

Temeke, TZ – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Services Improved for Primary Schools – 27 Feb 2015

From October until December of 2014 Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA) was hard at work in Temeke Municipality in Tanzania. The organization partnered with UNICEF...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT Breakfast Program Improves Test Results – 27 Feb 2015

Better Lives’ partner Solution and Opportunities for the Disadvantaged in Tanzania (SODAT) has delivered breakfast porridge to three primary schools in Ngara, Tanzania since July,...

Utete, TZ – KCM Team Member Gets Loan for New Home – 28 Feb 2015

Dickson Taji, 24, is a member of the KCM Garden Shop team. He is in charge of the compost and natural foliar spray production as...

Ngara, TZ – SODAT Team Continues to Develop Organic Vegetable Gardening Program – 28 Feb 2015

Since finishing their training in September, the SODAT Garden Team has been hard at work building their program. Since returning home in October, the team has...

Siem Reap, KH – KLK family earns money from selling vegetables – 20 Feb 2015

20 Feb 2015

The KLK family are blessed with four children. They live in a small village called Peak Sneng in the Siem Reap province of Cambodia, one...

Battambang , KH – Tradition returns to improve family’s life – 15 Feb 2015

15 Feb 2015

Before the Pol Pot regime, planting crops around one’s house was important for family food self-reliance and also a long serving Khmer tradition. In many...

Siem Reap, KH – Organic Gardening Techniques Help Family Promote Good Health – 5 Jun 2015

05 Feb 2015