Utete, TZ – OSM family garden – 11 Oct 2013
The OSM family members are harvesting their cabbage, Chinese cabbage and mchicha. Their mung beans are also almost ready to harvest. Their garden’s insect repelling plants are... Read More
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Utete, TZ – AMN family garden – 11 Oct 2013
AMN or Bibi shamba (agricultural expert) as some of the local Kindwitwians call her is having great success with her garden. Her garden was used to qualify four... Read More
Utete, TZ – OTM family garden – 11 Oct 2013
The OTM family is harvesting mchicha and matembele (potato leaves), and hope to harvest mung beans, tomatoes and eggplants in November. The KCM garden team has... Read More
Utete, TZ – OAM family garden – 11 Oct 2013
OAM is continuing to harvest her eggplants, tomatoes, African eggplants and Chinese cabbage and is relay planting on schedule so that she can maintain her supply... Read More
Utete, TZ – Group Cassava loan – 4 Oct 2013
A group of 20 farmers from the Kindwitwi community requested a Garden Loan for cassava seedlings to plant 20 acres of land. They were unable to buy... Read More
Moshi, TZ – ZPM family garden – 11 Oct 2013
The Tupendane garden team helped the ZPM family start a garden during the week of 11 October 2013. The children enjoyed preparing the soil for... Read More
Moshi, TZ – WPM family garden – 25 Oct 2013
The Tupendane team helped the WPM family start a garden the week of 25 October 2013. The family were recommended by the relative ZPM family.... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GAM family garden – 25 Oct 2013
The GAM family is enjoying eating the vegetables from the garden and their beds are full of inter-cropped vegetables which helps confuse pests. The GAM... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GMM family garden – 18 Oct 2013
GMM has continued to sell his vegetables to neighboring families and because of his very visible garden, he has created interest in the organic garden... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GAM family garden – 18 Oct 2013
The GAM family is enjoying taking care of their garden and is looking forward to harvesting some of their vegetables in November. They are facing... Read More
Moshi, TZ – KFM family garden – 18 Oct 2013
The KFM family qualified to receive mesh netting to put around their garden, in order to protect it from animals. They wanted to do this because... Read More
Moshi, TZ – LMK family garden – 18 Oct 2013
LMK qualified for mesh netting from the garden shop, and he installed it around his garden this week. The fence will help him protect his garden from... Read More
Moshi, TZ – LMK family garden – 4 Oct 2013
LMK’s carrots are growing very well, and he is happy that they are nearly ready for harvest. He has also prepared two beds for relay... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Kahe primary school garden – 4 Oct 2013
The Tupendane garden team helped the Kahe primary school build a vegetable garden the week of 4 October. The teachers and students learned how to... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GMM family garden – 4 Oct 2013
GMM is now earning an income of 1,000 TZS / US $0.65 every 2 to 3 days by selling vegetables from his garden. Sadly, some... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RWA family garden – 8 Oct 2013
RWA pruned her carrots and added mounds of dirt around each sprout. This is not a strategy the Lishe Bora team was aware of but... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RTA family garden – 8 Oct 2013
RTA continues to work hard to keep her garden in good order. Every week the paths are swept and the beds are weeded. This week... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – MGA family garden – 8 Oct 2013
The MGA family continues to work hard in their garden and try to tackle problems proactively. Almost every time the Lishe Bora team visits they find... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Young family looks to FAITH Garden for consistent income and nutrition – 22 October 2013
Mr. BKC is the son of the commune leader in Peaksneng. He owns a piece of land that was given to him by his father.... Read More
Battambang, KH – Family perseveres despite poor soil – 4 Oct 2013
When deciding on a family to help build a garden, it is important to look at the family’s physical environment; water access, soil quality, sunshine,... Read More
Utete, TZ – ATN family garden – 3 October 2013
The ATN family has a son who is going to University in Dar es Salaam and his school requires that he has a laptop to access... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Maendeleo primary school garden – 20 Sep 2013
Once the well was completed, a Better Lives sponsor donated a foot operated water pump so that the teachers and students were able to easily pump water for watering... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Maendeleo primary school well – 29 Aug 2013
The Maendeleo primary school did not have access to suitable water for a vegetable garden so Tupendane, with the help of a Better Lives sponsor, arranged for a... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RTA family garden – 24 Sep 2013
RTA’s main achievement this past week was beginning her relay planting (with the help of the Lishe Bora team). All of her beds are now... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – MGA family garden – 16 Sep 2013
The MGA family has been eating vegetables for a few weeks now and their medium-term vegetables – cucumbers and zucchinis – should start to produce food in the... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RWA family garden – 24 Sep 2013
RWA’s biggest achievement has been her continued improvement at good gardening practices. She started off a bit slow, but now that she is growing some good... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – RTA family garden – 16 Sep 2013
RTA had been having a lot of issues with caterpillars and she had also been putting weeds in her pathways once she pulled them from... Read More
Caba, PH – DET family impacted by storms – 31 Aug 2013
In August, the third month of the rainy season of the Philippines, a dreadful storm struck the country. It hit the family’s province of La Union, and caused... Read More
Utete,TZ – AMN family garden – 20 Sep 2013
Mama AMN has been harvesting her mchicha and Chinese cabbage for selling in the village and for her family to eat. The sun has been very strong recently so... Read More
Utete,TZ – YPM family garden – 20 Sep 2013
The YPM family has been harvesting okra, mchicha and Chinese cabbage. The eggplant and African eggplant have been getting close to harvest time. Mama sold 2,400TZS of Chinese cabbage last week and supplied all of... Read More