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...
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SIA Team
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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SIA Team
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
Giving Tuesday: “We overcome challenges with unity”
Everything about the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Malawi embodies community spirit in action. They are at once a farmer cooperative,...
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SIA Team
- Nov 12, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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SIA Team
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
Fall Newsletter! Stories, photos, and a new mission statement!
The 2019 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! These guys are part...
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SIA Team
- Aug 20, 2019
- 4 min
What is a “site visit”? Or: what we did in Uganda
Hello SIA friends! After a much-needed break, I am back in the SIA office and working through the photos, memories, reports, and stories...
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SIA Team
- Jul 8, 2019
- 3 min
Remembering and honoring Barbara Deal
It is with shock and grief that I write this tribute to a dear friend and colleague, Barbara Anne Neighbors Deal, who died on the morning...
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SIA Team
- Jul 2, 2019
- 2 min
Africa Trip Wrap-up!
The work part of the trip is done!! Here is the trip in numbers: 5 weeks 3 countries Hours in a car = too many to count 3 Nights in a...
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SIA Team
- Jun 27, 2019
- 3 min
Visiting Manyamula Village
Last week was SIA Board Member Kathleen King’s first visit to a Malawian village. I appreciated her new-comer observations on what she...
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SIA Team
- Jun 18, 2019
- 2 min
Seeing Change with the Visionary Women’s Centre
Even though it was the day of the funeral of the husband of a group member, over 60 women (and one man) met at the church in Lumakanda...
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SIA Team
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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SIA Team
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Greetings from Uganda!
Greetings from Uganda! Barbara and I landed Sunday morning in Entebbe and were greeted by our amazing local coordinator, Naomi Ayot....
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SIA Team
- Apr 30, 2019
- 2 min
Readying myself to be changed
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ~ Rumi The visa for Uganda is...
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