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Douglas Akello - in 2019, 2022, and now!
Seeing the progress and impact of the Small Business Fund in 2019, 2022, and 2025 in rural Uganda.

Tanya Cothran
Jul 162 min read


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....
SIA Team
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Success Story: Down on McDonald’s Farm
“If you live in a house like this, something good has happened,” McDonald Kajani told us, orienting us to the context of Manyamula...
SIA Team
Mar 10, 20203 min read


Insights from our Coordinators: Small Business Fund
You’ve probably read many of my blog posts about our Small Business Fund (SBF) program for entrepreneurs. Small groups receive a $150...
SIA Team
Jan 21, 20203 min read


New Grants – December 2019!
Spirit in Action partners are working at the ground level – demanding rights for girls and young women, adding value to farmers’ crops,...
SIA Team
Dec 17, 20192 min read


Women of Change in Kenya
Guest post by Gloria Teimuge, Eldoret Kenya Traditional brewing of alcohol is still common in Kenyan communities and has remained an...
SIA Team
Nov 12, 20193 min read


Small Business Success in Malawi!
Business is booming in Manyamula Village. This village was small and struggling when I first visited eight years ago and it’s growing...
SIA Team
Nov 5, 20192 min read


Back to school (fees) in Kenya
Small Business Fund entrepreneurs and leaders in Korogocho, Nairobi hosting Tanya in June. Wambui, pictured on left edge of the group is...
SIA Team
Sep 10, 20193 min read


Update from Kenya!
This post is an update from Barbara Deal, SIA Board Member, on her experience at the SIA Small Business Fund Coordinator Conference last...
SIA Team
Jun 11, 20193 min read


Hand to Mouth No More…
Success stories from three Small Business Fund grant recipients in Nairobi, Kenya. After expanding their entrepreneurial activities, most...
SIA Team
Feb 12, 20191 min read


The Gift of Transformation
“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...
SIA Team
Dec 11, 20181 min read


Meet these new Small Business Fund entrepreneurs!
Five more Small Business Fund grants were distributed in Manyamula Village in northern Malawi last month. Local coordinator Canaan Gondwe...
SIA Team
Sep 11, 20181 min read


“Don’t be bureaucratic”
“Have you distributed the funds that we sent in January for the new small businesses?” I reached out on WhatsApp to Small Business Fund...
SIA Team
Jul 31, 20182 min read


Peres’s sewing business helps her family
Some charity organizations help pay for school fees and give away medicine. The Spirit in Action Small Business Fund helps people start...
SIA Team
Jul 10, 20181 min read


Milly Imat and other successful entrepreneurs in Uganda
Two years ago Milly Imat, a widow in Akwiridiri village in Kole District in Northern Uganda, received a Small Business Fund grant and...
SIA Team
May 15, 20182 min read


Making Dreams Come True: Economic Migrants Return Home
Elias Mkhayi and Lyness Gausi both went to secondary school in rural Malawi. They married young and had dreams of continuing their...
SIA Team
Apr 10, 20182 min read


Meet Austin, Manyamula’s Carpenter
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...
SIA Team
Feb 6, 20182 min read


Helping their children to have a better life
All around the world, parents have the common hope that their children will have better lives than their own. This was the hope of...
SIA Team
Dec 5, 20172 min read


#GivingTuesday – Support entrepreneurs in Malawi and Kenya!
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....
SIA Team
Nov 28, 20172 min read


“Mindset preparation” on the path to success
Guest post by Michael Hegeman, SIA Advisory Board Member. He traveled with me to Kenya and Malawi this year. “I’ll always be poor.” “I’ll...
SIA Team
Oct 24, 20173 min read
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