About 90 percent of rural Nigerians rely on farming for their livelihood. So it is devastating for a family to have to mortgage their...

“My Joy is to see the SIA family grow and work as a team. We finished [the retreat] with a theme A healthy team grows and that’s all I...

Tanya, Alan, and Boyd at the Manyamula Market He was thoughtful as he told us his story of receiving a Spirit in Action Small Business...

Did you catch the hype and fury around the KONY 2012 video about Uganda last week? The video, by Invisible Children, Inc. told about the...

The first week of December, Nalu Prossy, gathered together 18 people to prepare them to start and run their own businesses. Nalu, a...

Boyd and I met Slyvester Nkoma in Malawi this summer. He shared his testimony with us while we were there and we did get to try the milk...

Saul (Malawi) was able to expand his crop of green maize with a SIA grant. Have you heard about “angel investors”? In the business world,...

After the minibus could make it no further along the muddy road, we all got out to walk the rest of the way. Dennis Kiprop, always...

These women learned to bake and market donuts from another woman through Sharing the Gift. (Malawi) “How do we make our SIA programs...

I mentioned in my post about life in rural Malawi that Manyamula Village does not have electricity. But people still use electronic...

Nalu Prossy, a SIA Small Business Fund coordinator in Uganda, met with the SIA Administrator (Tanya Cothran) and the 7 other Coordinators...

How much a difference can $150 really make? While visiting Kenya and Malawi, Boyd and I saw many thriving businesses established through...

Watch this video and be instantly transported to Manyamula Village, Malawi. Boyd and I were greeted with singing, dancing, and...

What an amazing month! Boyd and I are home now, after 10 days in Malawi and 20 days in Kenya, visiting SIA partners. I learned so much on...

Bwima Brigitte sells tomatoes in a Rwandan marketplace. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” When I am need of some inspiration and...

Dennis Kiprop, SIA Small Business Fund (SBF) Coordinator in Kenya, has trained and supported 27 micro-enterprise business groups near...

I know the power of language. The words we use affect the way we see the world. You can be sure that when I talk about Spirit in Action...

It so exciting to receive reports from SIA’s Small Business Fund (SBF) in the mail. It gives us a chance to see, three months after the...

“It is joyous to begin to count the huge impact to our community through SIA program. I enjoy training, sharing my experiences, visiting...

Happy New Year! I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed financially to Spirit in Action in 2010. Your...