Ngara, TZ – Parents contribute to close beans gap and sustain breakfast serving to children – Jun 2024
The Kabalenzi (KBL), Mukirehe (MKR) and Mukibogoye (MKB) Primary Schools experienced inconsistent rain this year, and unfortunately missed their target harvest by... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Trial using no industrial fertilizer – Jul 2023
SODAT in collaboration with three Grow-own-Breakfast (GOB) program schools harvested 7.5 acres of beans for 2,278 students’ daily breakfast serving. The seeds... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Poor bean harvest causes search for a bean supply solution – 29 Jun 2022
The Ngara district experienced a lower than expected harvest this summer due to lack of rain affecting the flowering phase of the... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT is mentoring and assisting schools to sustain their banana production – 30 Apr 2022
Mukirehe Primary School is fighting a banana tree disease by removing the sick trees to stop the spread of the disease to... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Three schools’ students start weeding their bean crops – 31 Mar 2022
Three schools, in collaboration with local social enterprise SODAT, have successfully planted 7.5 acres of beans amongst the drying corn plants on... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Last year’s corn harvest was not sufficient to last until the coming May harvest – 28 Feb 2022
Mukibogoye and Mukirehe Primary schools are drawing on a corn reserve stock funded by Better Lives to close a corn supply gap... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Mukirehe Primary School students start harvesting – 15 Feb 2021
Mukirehe Primary School students are harvesting corn, and it looks like it will be a successful third farming season! The school planted... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT increases transparency and communication with communities – 15 Oct 2020
As the year closes, SODAT prepares for more parent and school meetings to help increase awareness and motivation for the school breakfast... Read More
Ngara, TZ – School is scheduled to restart and parents provide ingredients – 29 June 2020
Ngara primary schools are scheduled to start classes again at the end of the month. SODAT has some breakfast ingredients to start... Read More
Ngara, TZ – School students rise to meet farming needs – 15 Feb 2020
Kabalenzi, Mukibogoye, and Mukirehe school students volunteered to work the school farms to help cut the costs of farming beans this year.... Read More