• Proper crop rotation ensures that families can harvest from at least one bed each day.
• Families can sell their vegetables at collection points at local schools.
• Vegetable sales and savings prove a family’s ability to repay small business loans.

• Provides a family with a daily supply of organic vegetables.
• Income from vegetable sales is enough for families to purchase school breakfast every day.
• Families with successful gardens can qualify to expand their gardens or get small business loans.

Impact

Pig fattening provides income for poor families who have proven reliability, commitment to their children, and ability to repay their loan through other Better Lives programs.

• The pig house is big enough to fatten 8 pigs
• Each pig provides $50-$100 profit when it is sold
• Repaying their loan enables the family to qualify for larger loans
• Providing a consistent income enables the family to qualify for home improvement and education enhancement loans.