Thank you to the 13 people who donated to our Giving Tuesday Facebook campaign! You can still donate to that campaign here, or on our...

When Chris Owino was ready to expand his grocery stall in the market, he joined the Matungu Community Development Charity’s small loan...

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...

“A place of discovering our potential.” This is how one of the vocational students at Set Her Free Uganda described the supportive...

After having their chance to receive hens and nurture them for meat, eggs, and profit last year, the 28 original members of the Visionary...

The 2018 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! Elvis Nikiza helps...

Animals act as investments for SIA grant partners. Families use their savings to buy goats, pigs, chickens, and even cows. Then they can...

Chicken is the most common source of protein in Kenya, and still it is not available to everyone. Many people eat mostly maize and other...

This grant update is from one of Spirit in Action’s newest partners, Visionary Women’s Centre in Turbo, Kenya. They were awarded a SIA...

Sylvester Nhkoma’s house in 2011, when I first visited his farm in Manyamula, Malawi. It has a tin roof but no plaster between the...

“The camera is right here!” I try – successfully! – to get a selfie with a cow at a Megabridge Foundation farm in Kenya. After our visit,...

We sent out the latest round of grant funds last month and the community projects are already well underway! Women’s Group Curio Shop The...

I started my morning today with one of the things making me happy this week: Moringa Green Tea! And from there I read a great article...

Earth Day celebrations may last over a weekend but what about the long-term? Here are three examples of Spirit in Action partners...

Healthy corn plants in Malawi. Welcome new visitors and long-time readers. The SIA Fall/Winter Newsletters are on their way to you this...

1. Sharing the Gift: Five groups of women in Malawi received SIA grants in 2009 to start their own bakeries and grocery shops. Then in...

Rows of crops on the Common Ground "Feed the Village" farm The view out the window of the minibus from Eldoret to Kitale, Kenya was...

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth. It is justice.” – Leonardo Boff Since the group started this loan fund, using individual...

A Report by Joshua Machinga, Common Ground Program – Poultry Project Yet, in the midst of such astonishing beauty, life in Kenya is often...

As spring begins to spring in [some parts of] the U.S., I share a fitting story of baby chicks and the hope they can bring to a...