The Manyamula COMSIP cooperative – a truly locally-led savings and loans organization – has long been a fixture in this rural village in...

“Bucece has persevered. Through difficult situations, like poor crop yields and weather conditions, and delays in materials and supplies,...

Thanksgiving is a good kick-off to the giving season. Each year it’s a time when co-workers, the church, the media, and families start...

One of the exciting new groups that SIA is partnering with this year is Progressive Volunteers, a Kenyan grassroots organization that...

Last week I wrote about SIA’s partners – the people who are implementing change in their communities with our support – and I mentioned...

The 90,000 bricks have been made, fired, and transported to the building site, and the foundations are set! The Manyamula Community...

“We must translate our science into practice.” A simple statement which boils down a Moses Mukongo’s approach to farming in the western...

The SIA Board of Directors gathered last month for our semi-annual meeting. If the mention of a meeting makes your eyes glaze over, let...

[Above: A video snippet of Canaan’s speech; with Winkly Mahowe interpreting into the local language.] It was exactly a year ago that I...

Who’s that lady? Reader question! “I love the SIA newsletter. What is the story behind the pic of the beautiful woman with the lovely...

Emmanuel’s band bought their instruments with a Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative low-interest loan. They have since paid it back, after...

1. 35 Women Trained in Zambia One of the women who received a small low-interest loan from Welfare Concern International to establish her...

In the beginning of December, the Board approved four new Community Grants and I received four very enthusiastic and grateful responses...

Women proud of their sweet potato harvest, at CIFORD Kenya. OFSP? Orange flesh sweet potato. Or, as I call them, those vegetables that...

Tanya with Mbwenu, Wangwa, and one their sons. Mbwenu heard about the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative after moving home and immediately...

Tanya with the Manyamula SIA Support team! They all made us feel so welcome. I can testify that SIA is sparking real change in Manyamula...

The MAVISALO Maize Mill cooperative helps bring food security and prosperity to rural Malawi. Have you heard those stories about people...

Learning computer skills on the computers purchased with a SIA Community Grant I saw an inspiring film last month. It wasn’t one that won...

Do you know that joy? That moment when, after saving and saving, you finally have enough to make that big purchase? The Manyamula Village...

Canaan Gondwe had seen other non-profits come and go through his village in rural Malawi. Some came to build things (things that...