Failing to provide basic needs for eight children was not acceptable to Matolino and Oliveta Zimba. Days of malnourishment from missed meals, stress from debt after borrowing money to survive and struggling to harvest enough food from year-to-year were intolerable and not something the couple was willing to do any longer. In 2013, when Children’s Brighter Future (CBF) offered them the opportunity to learn new farming techniques to improve their livelihood, Matolino and Oliveta did not hesitate to participate and involve their children.
The entire family learned the importance of nutrition, rotational gardening, composting, conservation farming and financial planning from...
Moyenda and Masiye Milazi are recent graduates of the School for Agriculture for Family Independence (SAFI), in the Mtalimanja Village of Malawi, Africa. The couple chose to participate in the two-year program to learn modern farming techniques and help their family improve their standard of living.
Before attending SAFI, the Milazi family harvested 20 to 25 bags of corn on a one-acre parcel of land. On that same portion of land the couple now harvests no less than 60 bags of corn. They have also increased their farming skills to include animal husbandry, beekeeping, mushroom production and the importance of...
Unconditional love extended beyond biological ties in the case of 4-year-old Roumin. Discarded by her birth parents for being a sickly baby, Roumin was adopted by the Lin family in the Fujian Province. Her new parents committed to get her medical treatment despite the costly expense. And although the Lin’s household income derived solely from fisherman’s wages, the family believed the illness was temporary and took what savings they had to travel to Shanghai to get treatment for the 1-year-old girl.
It was at that time Roumin was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect that explained her frequent breathing problems,...
Nu Skin’s Force for Good Foundation donated nearly $300,000 via Singapore Red Cross to build a new school for young children in Albuera, Philippines, adversely impacted by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The Nov. 8, 2013, storm killed an estimated 6,300 people and nearly annihilated the provinces of Samar and Leyte.
Nu Skin’s funds helped pay for Calingatan Elementary School that accommodates up to 270 children with 15 classrooms and additionally serves as an evacuation and relief center. The educational facility was constructed to be earthquake and typhoon resistant and is also equipped with solar panels to conserve energy.
Sikenala Kumbani was in his infancy when he contracted Polio, a highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems and even death. The virus may have left him with the inability to walk, but it did not disable his strong desire to be the best farmer in his community. Sikenala has coped with paralysis from the waist down his entire life and taught himself how to craft makeshift wheelchairs from various bicycle parts to stay mobile. His ingenuity and unrelenting will to be independent also motivated him to participate in the School of Agriculture for Family Independence...
Meet Mathius Mazengera, an accountant working in his office at N.D. Madalitso Vitameal Production Plant at Blessings Hospital in Lumbadzi. The 24-year-old is the eldest of eight children who reside with their parents in the outskirts of Mgona Village, near Lilongwe City. Less than five years ago, Mathius only dreamed of becoming an accountant because his father could not afford his post-secondary education as a farmer selling vegetables from his Dimba garden.
However, Mathius learned about Educate the Children (ETC) Malawi program that offers scholarships funded by the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation. After passing the Malawi School...
Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation provided funding to the Seacology project which funded a water cistern to store rainwater for use during the dry season by the local population of Kwale Island, Tanzania. The construction of the 158,503 gallon cistern is nearly complete with only the installation of the water pump and water-proof sealing of the inner walls remaining. The cistern will provide drinking water for 2,500 residents, including children, who do not have access to clean water as there are no freshwater sources on the island, which is located within the Mkuranga District, Pwani Region.
Nu Skin congratulated the 2014 graduating class of the School of Agriculture for Family Independence (SAFI) at a formal ceremony on August 8, in Malawi. Twenty-six husbands and wives received diplomas at the graduation that was attended by their families along with Nu Skin co-founder, Steve Lund, and many of Nu Skin’s top sales leaders for each of the company’s regions. In addition the speaker of the Malawi Parliament, Richard Msowoya also addressed the graduates and told how he grew up in a family in similar circumstances as theirs. He also provided them with hope for a brighter future and...
Nu Skin celebrated its 30th anniversary by inviting its employees and sales leaders to perform local service aimed at helping children in need. The anniversary month kicked off with the company’s annual Force for Good Day and continued with 30-days of giving through June. With the aim of creating smiles for children in need, the Nu Skin family’s local outreach efforts ranged from assembling thousands of education kits to reaching out to chronically ill children.
“At the heart of our business is our mission to be a force for good by empowering people to improve lives, so it seemed fitting...
Nu Skin Northern Europe hosted an event at its showroom in Copenhagen where 50 distributors, family and friends gathered for cake, coffee and auction. The event's purpose extended to offices in London and Oslo to bring awareness and raise 30,000 Danish Krona to buy 30 beds for St. Nicolae Orphanage in Bucharest, Romania. The goal was surpassed with 32,000 DKK ($5,800 USD) in donations. Submit your Force for Good story at https://www.forceforgood.org/content/ffg/en/ffg-submission.html
