Siem Reap, KH – Family extends vegetable garden – 30 Oct 2014
The SOL Family live in Peaksnaing near Siem Reap, Cambodia, where village life has some serious drawbacks because the villagers are extremely poor, and tend... Read More
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Battambang, KH – Garden keeps family together – 20 Oct 2014
YYM and his wife are struggling with a very hard life near Battambang, Cambodia, living with their three children in a small cottage roofed with... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Rau River Primary School receives toilet block – 30 Sep 2014
On August 29, 2014 Tupendane officially presented Rau River Primary School with its new toilet block. The project took Tupendane just over two months to... Read More
Ngara, TZ – SODAT team trains to start garden shop – 30 Sep 2014
For two weeks in September the SODAT gardening team visited the Moshi and Kilimanjaro area to continue their training in preparation for starting their own... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Garden profits invested in small businesses – 30 Sep 2014
The GAM family started their garden in October 2013. Seven people live in the GAM household, the father, the mother, four children, and one grandfather. The... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Baby growing healthy with vegetable soup – 30 Sep 2014
The SIA family requested a garden in March because they wanted to begin growing healthy food to feed their newborn baby. Since starting their garden,... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Land mine victim feeds family from vegetable garden – 25 Sep 2014
Mr KS is ex-military, when he was a government soldier he stepped on a mine and lost his left foot. This terrible accident left him... Read More
Battambang, KH – Vegetable garden qualifies family for a piglet loan – 25 Sep 2014
Mrs YT continues to maintain a beautiful and very productive garden. Her hard work meant that she qualified for a livestock loan, while also caring... Read More
Battambang, KH – New school gives hope – 20 Sep 2014
Hello, I am Rotha. I am studying in grade 10 at the private school named Dewey. Before I start to study at Dewey, my study... Read More
Battambang, KH – Garden qualifies family for loan – 20 Sep 2014
My name is Mrs MY. I have nine children, but the fifth one passed away. I have two children and one grandson who are studying... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Vegetable gardens have a large impact – 7 Sep 2014
Mr. SC’s family of six are members of the Food Always In The Home (FAITH) program because their farm’s rice production is not sufficient to... Read More
Donation Request – Family Organic Vegetable Garden
Your donation assists parents to feed and educate their children by helping them build a garden that feeds their family vegetables, reduces their food purchases, and earns them... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – KN earns consistent income with local church farm – 7 Sep 2014
KN is now working as a full time gardener for the local church farm in Peaksneng village. He now is able to earn a consistent... Read More
Utete, TZ – Mama’s Group review the books – 30 Aug 2014
Frank, the KCM Garden Shop manager, offered his accounting services to the Mamas’ Group in Kindwitwi who have been working on a small business raising... Read More
Utete, TZ – Group reviews one year in egg business! – 29 Aug 2014
Most new businesses go through an investment period until they break even, and the Bates Banda chicken group has been going through this during their... Read More
Board member Jeff Shaw on his first trip to Tanzania – 30 Aug 2014
Better Lives board member Jeff Shaw shares memories from his first trip to Tanzania: My wife and I had the opportunity to visit the welcoming... Read More
Los Alamitos, USA – Mark benefits from leadership training – 29 Aug 2014
Mark’s experiences are a strong testimony to how a supportive environment, a desire to help others, and leadership training can help a person succeed. It... Read More
Addis Ababa, ET – Bereket enjoys teacher role – 1 Aug 2014
Retrak’s Vocational Training Program for street children in Ethiopia has the ultimate goal to reduce the prevalence of street children in Addis Ababa, by helping... Read More
Caba, PH – Family save for education and housing – 9 Aug 2014
Mr and Mrs TGL are in their late 30’s and both work on their farm, while Mr TGL also works as a carpenter to help... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – School plans to expand garden – 15 Aug 2014
Mkyashi Primary School started its school garden with Lishe Bora Garden Shop on February 18, 2014. The school garden is tended to by a Kaka... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Family uses garden income to start a small business – 28 Aug 2014
The GMA family joined the Tupendane FAITH Garden program on November 28, 2013. After over 9 months of maintaining their garden, the family is starting... Read More
Moshi, TZ – Family uses garden income to improve water well – 15 Aug 2014
The BJM family joined Tupendane’s Food Always In The Home FAITH Organic Vegetable Garden (FAITH) program in January of 2014. Since then the family has... Read More
Battambang, KH –Grandma uses garden income to raise grandchildren – 21 Aug 2014
The income gap between the rich and the poor in Cambodia is extremely large. The poor struggle to make a living, while the rich live... Read More
Northern Tanzania – Family and Rollins College Group are a team – 4 Aug 2014
This June, 14 field study participants from Rollins College spent two weeks visiting Better Lives’ partners in Tanzania. They spent time with Better Lives’ partners... Read More
Utete, TZ – Cow groups face marketing challenges – 29 Jul 2014
Both cow banda projects in Kindwitwi are going well. The Mamas Group cow is now producing six liters of milk per day and the calf... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – Family uses best effort techniques – 30 July 2014
The MGA family garden has been one of the best exemplar gardens for Lishe Bora since the program started. The family was the first to start... Read More
Utete, TZ – Egg group learns from experience – 30 July 2014
The Bates Banda chicken business team continues to work hard, persevere, and learn more every month about the business of running an egg-laying operation. Since beginning... Read More
Ngara, TZ – School Breakfast Program – 29 Jul 2014
Solutions and Opportunities for the Disadvanatged Trust (SODAT) continues to make an impact on three schools in the Ngara region of Tanzania. Their breakfast program... Read More
Ngara, TZ – Compost Production Training – 29 July 2014
SODAT is embarking on a new project to empower the students, families, and schools they work with to become food self-reliant. The SODAT team is... Read More