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Grant funds were sent to 28 grassroots organizations in December and January, kicking off another year of community action by Spirit in...
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SIA Team
Jan 255 min read
Fellow Citizens with All God’s People
This is an excerpt from the sermon Tanya Cothran gave at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond, in October 2023. If you'd like Tanya to...
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SIA Team
Aug 17, 20232 min read
Financial Independence for Young Mothers in Malawi
When I was scheduling my visit with Reach Girls last month, the fact that it was Independence Day in Malawi wasn’t an issue. “That’s...
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SIA Team
Jul 22, 20233 min read
Economic Empowerment for Women in Burundi
The Tubunganire Women is a collective of ten savings and loans groups, totally about 300 members, in rural Ryansoro, Burundi. The hill of...
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Elizabeth Stanley
May 18, 20232 min read
Changing the Story: New hope for young mothers in Kenya
Written by Elizabeth Stanley, SIA Administrator SIA Partner TAI Community-Based Organization (TAI CBO) in Kenya works to improve the...
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Elizabeth Stanley
Apr 20, 20233 min read
Laying Ground Work
Written by Elizabeth Stanley, SIA Admin Several of our partners have been very busy planting fields and tending to gardens, which...
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SIA Team
Mar 17, 20233 min read
A New Vision for Visionary Women's Centre
Visionary Women’s Centre (VWC) is one of Spirit in Action’s multi-year partners. This is year three of a three-year commitment to support...
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callanbrown6
Jan 19, 20232 min read
An Update on Alternative Rite of Passage from Margaret Ikiara, ED of CIFORD Kenya
Procession of girls and their parents after graduating from CIFORD's Alternative Rite of Passage program. Together, they chant, "Say NO...
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SIA Team
Dec 8, 20222 min read
An Update from Rev. Fulgence, ED of Flaming Chalice International
Pictured: Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana Spirit in Action recently received an update from Rev. Fulgence, one of our African Advisory Board...
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SIA Team
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Update from Uganda!
SIA Board President Kathleen King and SIA Executive Director, Tanya Cothran, are in Uganda this week, visiting our grant partners and...
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SIA Team
Oct 27, 20222 min read
A Tour of SIA Grant Partners
Our African Advisory Board was on the ground with many of our Spirit in Action Grant Partners this past month to check up on the progress...
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SIA Team
Sep 15, 20222 min read
Pressed for Success: Turning Oil into Opportunities in Manyamula
Winkley (pictured above) is the Coordinator of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative and has been hard at work to get a machine that filters...
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SIA Team
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Men for Women’s Empowerment
The motto on the front page of Spirit in Action’s website is “Supporting Grassroots Solutions.” That means we look to local organizations...
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SIA Team
Apr 28, 20223 min read
Supporting students by supporting parents
Written by Gloria J. A majority of students in East African countries study in boarding schools. Some schools have day students who...
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SIA Team
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Being on the side of community
by Gloria J. Flaming Chalice International (FCI) is an organization that invests in the future of refugees and communities in Rwanda and...
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SIA Team
Feb 3, 20223 min read
Business Success in Malawi
By Gloria J. Since its conception in 2010, Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion (COMSIP), in partnership with Spirit In...
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SIA Team
Dec 30, 20213 min read
Helping vaccine efforts in Uganda
Post by Gloria J. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success”. This quote by Henry...
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SIA Team
Nov 30, 20212 min read
"We are all, through SIA, someone's answered prayer"
Thank you to all those who have already supported our GivingTuesday on Facebook or online today! Even after so many months of Zoom calls...
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SIA Team
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Mani/Pedis in Uganda
People all around the world go to the salon to relieve stress and take care of their hands and feet. Next time you’re in Uganda, I know...
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SIA Team
Sep 10, 20213 min read
The power of groups: Listening Circles in Kenya
Today's post is from the SIA Partner Empowering Communities as Actors for Transforming Communities (e-CATS) in Kibera, Kenya. The e-CATS...
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