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    “Core of Community” – A Message from Diana Halpenny
    SIA Team
    • Mar 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    “Core of Community” – A Message from Diana Halpenny

    Today’s blog post is a message of togetherness from our Spirit in Action North American Board President, Diana Halpenny. In this time of uncertainty and adjusting, we remain committed to helping communities in Eastern Africa thrive. In the coming weeks, we’ll be reaching out to our partners to hear from them about their needs and how we can best support them. We are seeing, all around the world, the power and resiliency of community. Everywhere, there is wealth of love, carin
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    Meet the Manyamula COMSIP Team!
    SIA Team
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Meet the Manyamula COMSIP Team!

    The Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion Cooperative in rural Malawi is a vibrant force for local development. They provide low-interest loans, farming advice and assistance, and a maize mill for grinding the staple food, as well as a gathering place for community members. So who is it that keeps this organization running smoothly? Spirit in Action is proud to support the salaries for this amazing management team! (Read more about why we fund operations.) Wink
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    Building Community: Welcoming the Stranger
    SIA Team
    • Mar 26, 2013
    • 3 min

    Building Community: Welcoming the Stranger

    Building community is central to Spirit in Action’s vision of empowerment and change. Our grants are about bringing people together – to plant a community garden, start a micro-savings group, educate girls – encouraging people to learn, work, and live together to improve a community. Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the Small Business Fund grants spark families to work and achieve together. Similarly, and not surprisingly, at the core of our Community Grants program is a desi
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    There is Power in Community
    SIA Team
    • Dec 30, 2012
    • 4 min

    There is Power in Community

    For the last post of 2012 I reflect with gratitude on the amazing community of Spirit in Action. Below is an except from my sharing with the Point Richmond First United Methodist Church last month about the power of community. Dorothy Day says, “The only answer in this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community. The living together, working together, sharing together, loving God and loving our neighbor, and living close to God in community so we can show o
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