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Three families in Ngara have started a chicken project together by saving money, selling vegetables, and keeping careful records of it all. They hope their...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Employee qualifies for dairy cow loan, looks to improve home for family – 30 Nov 2015

30 Nov 2015

Sam Barnes

Two years of productive, dependable work for Lishe Bora, as well as a consistently productive vegetable garden, have earned Eliza an employee loan for income...

Siem Reap, KH – MRL’s garden earns much needed income – 27 Nov 2015

27 Nov 2015

Michael Oliver

MRL lives with his wife, their three children, and two grandchildren in Peaksneng Village in Cambodia. Since joining the Peaksneng Garden Shop’s organic vegetable program...

Battambang, KH – TY family earns a profit from a pig loan – 20 Nov 2015

20 Nov 2015

Michael Oliver

The TY family sold the pigs that they bought using a micro-loan from Healthy Life Garden Shop and earned US$55 profit after repaying the loan...

Utete, TZ – New home and water connection are a step change for family – 20 Nov 2015

20 Nov 2015

Sam Barnes

A new house and a private family water connection are both step changes in a family’s life. The JOM family achieved both of those milestones...

Battambang, KH – Healthy Life Garden shop hires GP’s wife to fatten pigs – 13 Nov 2015

13 Nov 2015

Michael Oliver

GP’s wife is now looking after piglets and earning US$50/month salary, which she primarily uses to pay for her children’s school fees and materials. Starting...

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Wooden box piggy bank helps family save effectively – 11 Nov 2015

13 Nov 2015

Sam Barnes

The MBN family credits their small wooden savings box with helping them save and invest income from their vegetable garden. All money from vegetable sales...

Addis Ababa, ET – Tailoring training helps young man support his family – 6 Nov 2015

06 Nov 2015

Sam Barnes

After a difficult start to life, a young man from Ethiopia is using vocational training to support his mother and three younger siblings. He is...

Battambang, KH – Compost production and GP’s income security increase – 31 Oct 2015

31 Oct 2015

Michael Oliver

GP and RM have increased their production of compost for the Garden Shop so that they can supply the organic garden program and compost sales...

Siem Reap, KH – Family increases productivity through organic principles – 30 Oct 2015

30 Oct 2015

Michael Oliver

PWP and his wife moved to Peaksneng village, Cambodia after they were married, with ambitions to build a successful life and healthy family together. However,...

Ngara, TZ – Families continue expanding use of organic growing skills – 25 October 2015

25 Oct 2015

Sam Barnes

Three families in Ngara are using the organic growing skills they learned from SODAT to expand their agriculture activities. They are hoping to increase the...

Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family making sacrifices to improve young siblings’ education – 24 Oct 2015

24 Oct 2015

Sam Barnes

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...

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Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Employee qualifies for dairy cow loan, looks to improve home for family – 30 Nov 2015

Mt Kilimanjaro, TZ – Wooden box piggy bank helps family save effectively – 11 Nov 2015

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