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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- Mar 3
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- Jan 20
- 2 min
New Grants for 2022!
It’s 2022 and Spirit in Action is embarking on a new year of partnerships with amazing grassroots organizations in Eastern Africa. In...
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SIA Team
- Dec 16, 2021
- 5 min
Let's add to their efforts
This week's blog post is an excerpt from my sharing at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond last month. If you would like me to speak...
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SIA Team
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
"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, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
SIA Support for Farmers
The news on the podcast was shocking: “Africa imported about 85% of its food (2016-208) from outside the continent.” With all that land...
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SIA Team
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
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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SIA Team
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
SIA in the Ugandan news!
The work of Spirit in Action grant partners is getting recognized in Uganda! Last week, Kakuuto Development Initiative (KADI-U) was...
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SIA Team
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Photo update! The work of SIA is happening every day
One of the interesting parts about working internationally is that, because we do not see it right in front of us, it can be easy to...
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SIA Team
- Jun 17, 2021
- 3 min
Trust-Based Philanthropy and Savings Groups for the Elderly
Over the weekend, the SIA North American Board and the African Advisory Board met to review our grantmaking strategy, and to begin...
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SIA Team
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
Congratulations, Samuel Leadismo!
In the last few years, SIA has begun supporting more of our partner organizations with grants for staff salaries. Grants for overhead??...
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SIA Team
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Farming in the dry Kerio Valley
Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge of Eldoret, Kenya have been part of Spirit in Action since the very beginning. As friends of Del Anderson, they...
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SIA Team
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Fred, Founder of Kiserem Epilepsy Foundation
Fred Kiserem (pictured below) was working in a café in Iraq when he suddenly fell down and started jerking. When he woke up, a friend...
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SIA Team
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
2 photo updates & a short video
1. Joshua & Fastina's Fish Farm in Malawi Manyamula Village is hours away from Lake Malawi, so the only fish that arrives there is dried....
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SIA Team
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Expanding the Mothers' Support Programme in Kenya
Women around Turbo in Western Kenya are excited about the Mothers’ Support Programme expanding in their rural district. The program is...
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