People hire bicycle ferries to ride across town (sitting on the back of the bikes) or carry goods like fertilizer and crops to/from...

People often ask me about how Spirit in Action chooses the groups who receive our $150 Small Business Fund (SBF) grants. Today, I’ll...

I wrote a few weeks ago about adapting to the challenges of starting small businesses in the slums of Nairobi. Slums are crowded spaces...

Five photos from our visit with Small Business Fund families in Manyamula Village, Malawi in July. For more about the Small Business...

What’s your image of where people live in Kenya? In crowded, polluted slums? In huts on savannahs? Even though about two-thirds of...

As you may have heard or seen, the SIA website was hacked yesterday. I got a dreaded email from Google warning me that the site would...

The bright, sun-flooded room was filled with community members. They were excited to welcome us as visitors from the US to their rural...

The crew of friends that joined us along the way during a day of site visits. Here they are enjoying a donut made by Meanly. It was still...

These healthy piglets were raised by recent high school graduates, who received SIA grants. They are now ready to be shared to widows in...

The SBF Coordinators all together! (L to R) Back Row: Godfrey (Uganda), Dennis (Kenya), Boyd (Board member). Front Row: Canaan (Malawi),...

We started out at 7:30am. Cruising down the freeway (thankfully against traffic) with Christian Swahili radio blasting and windows closed...

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 five new groups in Nairobi, Kenya that received SIA Small Business Fund (SBF) grants weren’t just pleased, “they were ‘over the...

Sometimes giving the perfect gift is more fun than receiving and unwrapping a gift, right? Do you know that feeling of knowing just the...

*As I prepare for my trip to Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda this summer, I’m reviewing what I learned on the last trip in 2011. I was pleased...

Martin uses a bicycle to carry goods from town to their shop to sell. Mary Phiri, aged 36, is married to Martin Ndoio. They have five...

Things are coming together for my trip to Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda this July! This 4 minute video features just a few of the SIA Small...

As promised, today we have real stories from the new business groups in Kenya. These groups are truly modeling the spirit of SIA. They...

She continues, “These are words of Mother Teresa and they have an applicable meaning with the people of Korogocho slum who benefitted...

Today is about giving back! After Black Friday and Cyber Monday Giving Tuesday invites us to put our thanksgiving gratitude into action...