20 years ago, SIA started its Small Business Fund program. Here is a short history of how this impactful program came into existence.

Seeing the progress and impact of the Small Business Fund in 2019, 2022, and 2025 in rural Uganda.

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....

“If you live in a house like this, something good has happened,” McDonald Kajani told us, orienting us to the context of Manyamula...

You’ve probably read many of my blog posts about our Small Business Fund (SBF) program for entrepreneurs. Small groups receive a $150...

Spirit in Action partners are working at the ground level – demanding rights for girls and young women, adding value to farmers’ crops,...

Guest post by Gloria Teimuge, Eldoret Kenya Traditional brewing of alcohol is still common in Kenyan communities and has remained an...

Business is booming in Manyamula Village. This village was small and struggling when I first visited eight years ago and it’s growing...

Small Business Fund entrepreneurs and leaders in Korogocho, Nairobi hosting Tanya in June. Wambui, pictured on left edge of the group is...

This post is an update from Barbara Deal, SIA Board Member, on her experience at the SIA Small Business Fund Coordinator Conference last...

Success stories from three Small Business Fund grant recipients in Nairobi, Kenya. After expanding their entrepreneurial activities, most...

“I used to be very low. Business was up and down. Now, with a Spirit in Action Small Business Fund grant I am overjoyed. I bought a table...

Five more Small Business Fund grants were distributed in Manyamula Village in northern Malawi last month. Local coordinator Canaan Gondwe...

“Have you distributed the funds that we sent in January for the new small businesses?” I reached out on WhatsApp to Small Business Fund...

Some charity organizations help pay for school fees and give away medicine. The Spirit in Action Small Business Fund helps people start...

Two years ago Milly Imat, a widow in Akwiridiri village in Kole District in Northern Uganda, received a Small Business Fund grant and...

Elias Mkhayi and Lyness Gausi both went to secondary school in rural Malawi. They married young and had dreams of continuing their...

Austin used the SBF grant to buy wood. He already had a chisel, plane, and saw. On our first day of site visits in Manyamula, Malawi, we...

All around the world, parents have the common hope that their children will have better lives than their own. This was the hope of...

Supporting Families Wilson Nikosi (Manyamula, Malawi) “I did not even have a piece of soap or a blanket. I was using a sack to sleep on....