Battambang, KH – Vegetable income helps grandchildren – 01 Jul 2014
Poverty often forces people to make difficult decisions. For example, a lack of food and difficult living conditions forces many Cambodian parents to leave their... Read More
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Battambang, KH – Garden helps father be with family – 29 Jul 2014
KK and his wife have two children, the oldest is in grade one at school. KK supports their family by working as a building laborer... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Widow’s garden feeds six children – 2 Jul 2014
SL is a widow with six children living in Peak Sneang. Life has been hard for her as she has had to raise and provide... Read More
Utete, TZ – Mama’s Group welcomes a healthy calf – 1 Jul 2014
The Mama’s Group is Kindwitwi was happy to receive the good fortune of a healthy calf this month. Their dairy cow gave birth to a... Read More
Los Alamitos, USA – Youth Center Season Finale Concert – May 2014
For the first time in a 22 year history offering the only Elementary Music Education option to students, the Youth Center’s enrollment topped 400. Because... Read More
Baja, MX – BCM building family homes – Oct to Dec 2013
Hector tells us that Hector David and Paul were directing and guiding groups to build 18 Homes, 8 latrines , and 19 special building projects during the three months. Thank... Read More
Caba, PH – MKB family housing micro loan – 27 Jun 2014
M and K’s mother passed away in September 2013, however, this did not stop the sisters continuing with their Food Always In The Home (FAITH)... Read More
Utete, TZ – MHK general store – 27 Jun 2014
In June 2013 the MHK family received a micro loan from Better Lives, in partnership with the Kindwitwi Development Association, to expand his small general... Read More
Utete, TZ – OMM general store – 27 Jun 2014
The OMM family received a small-business loan from Better Lives and the Kindwitwi Development Association in October 2010. Prior to the loan the family had... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Floods no longer make it hard to feed family – 27 Jun 2014
Mr CWC lives in Sandam Village, Peak Sneang with his wife and four children. Like many other farmers in Cambodia, he grows one rice crop per... Read More
Utete, TZ – Crop growing season impacts egg demand – 27 Jun 2014
The group running the chicken business in Kindwitwi is optimistic that they have overcome some of the biggest challenges to running their business. When they... Read More
Caba, PH – SBF family garden – 27 Jun 2014
The SBF family are tenant farmers living near Caba, La Union. Since they do not own the land that they farm, most of the farm income goes to the... Read More
Dar Es Salaam, TZ – Ensuring grants are well spent – 27 Jun 2014
Molly’s Network is continuing to ensure that donor funds are well spent by building a credible network of non-profit organisations in Tanzania. In 2013, the... Read More
Caba, PH – SO Family Pig Fattening – 27 Jun 2014
In early 2013 the SO family were able to start a small business of fattening piglets that were supplied by a neighbor. They successfully sold... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Garden provides basic need for healthy food – 30 May 2014
KN were a newly married couple blessed with a 2 year old child, but they were a couple without employment. Life was tough because it... Read More
Battambang, KH – Volunteers help grandmother’s interest in a garden – 30 May 2014
One morning when Rob and Angie from UK were helping build a vegetable garden, DG was sitting beside the garden and giving a big smile... Read More
Moshe, TZ – WMZ family’s garden income – 30 May 2014
The WMZ family has one of the oldest gardens in Kahe. Over the past nine months that the family has maintained their garden they have... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – IVM family’s garden food – 30 May 2014
The IVM family garden was one of the most challenging for the Lishe Bora Garden Shop team to build, because the family lives near the... Read More
Caba, PH – REM earns scholarship – 30 Apr 2014
Rhoniel Eledave Mangaoang is the eldest child of Ronald and Elizabeth Mangaoang. He comes from a family of hard-working and industrious parents but of very... Read More
Utete, TZ – OAM Family’s garden success – 23 Apr 2014
The OAM family in Kindwitwi was the first family in the village to start a garden in August 2013. The family is made up of... Read More
Utete, TZ – Cow’s stress means no milk – 23 Apr 2014
The Mama’s Group in Kindwitwi is anxiously awaiting the birth of their cow’s calf next month. After a promising start to their livestock business, they... Read More
Utete, TZ – Egg group overcomes chicken sickness – 23 Apr 2014
The past month was challenging for the Bates Chicken Banda Group as they began paying off the loan they received to buy their chickens. The rainy... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – LKN family’s garden success – Apr 23 2014
The LKN family started their garden in January 2014. The household is made up of two grandparents looking after their son and three grandchildren. The... Read More
Moshi, TZ – GMM Family’s garden success – 23 Apr 2014
The GMM family garden is one of the oldest in Tupendane’s garden program. They opened their garden in August 2013 and had the surprise challenge... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Vegetable garden feeds family of six – 23 Apr 2014
Mr. LL is 35 years old and married with four children (two boys and two girls; oldest daughter is 18 years old and the youngest... Read More
Siem Reap, KH – Art teacher feeds family from vegetable garden – 7 Apr 2014
The LC family are a young couple who were married 3 year ago, and now have two children. The father is an art teacher at... Read More
Battambang, KH – Family works hard in the garden – 3 Apr 2014
HR is a poor lady who came to the shop team to ask about receiving the blessing of the Food Always In The Home (FAITH)... Read More
Utete, TZ – YM Family Home – 4 Apr 2014
YM works for the KCM Garden Shop in Kindwitwi, and is a member of an egg laying business. He was raised in a very rural community... Read More
Kilimanjaro, TZ – ART family’s garden success – Apr 3 2014
The ART family started their garden in December 2013 with Better Lives’ local partner Lishe Bora (“Better Food”). Although the family’s garden is one of... Read More
Battambang, KH – Students are excelling – 31 Mar 2014
Our students are excelling – and our partner school- and our partner schools are beginning to notice. Five (5) Children’s Future students who attend private... Read More