Collective Prosperity: New Warehouse for Crops in Malawi
Last May, as the last bit of twilight faded, I met with the leaders of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Malawi. The twelve of us sat...
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SIA Team
May 15, 20182 min read
Milly Imat and other successful entrepreneurs in Uganda
Two years ago Milly Imat, a widow in Akwiridiri village in Kole District in Northern Uganda, received a Small Business Fund grant and...
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SIA Team
May 8, 20182 min read
A cooperative dream realized in Malawi
It was one year ago, that my book, Smart Risks, was launched into the world! In it, my coauthors and I, featured the power of grassroots...
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SIA Team
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Smart Risk: Community participation as a measure of success
What if we didn’t measure success just through statistics and numbers, but instead looked to community accountability? If the community...
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SIA Team
Mar 6, 20183 min read
A story to revive your faith in the internet…
…Specifically, a story to remind many of our readers of the privilege of the internet access that is all around us at all times....
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SIA Team
Feb 20, 20182 min read
4 Things Making Me Happy (including Black Panther)
A round-up of some exciting news from around the Spirit in Action network: 1. SIA partner recognized for anti-FGM work Samuel Siriria...
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SIA Team
Jan 16, 20184 min read
What We Learned: SIA Team Members Visit Kenya & Malawi
*Today’s post is a reflection from SIA Team Members and Advisory Board Members, Michael Hegeman and Dana Belmonte, who traveled with me...
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SIA Team
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Partner Spotlight: Matungu Community Development Charity in Kenya
A group photo of the members of the Matungu Community Development Charity in Kakamega County, Kenya. Vincent Atitwa sits on Tanya’s...
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SIA Team
Dec 5, 20172 min read
Helping their children to have a better life
All around the world, parents have the common hope that their children will have better lives than their own. This was the hope of...
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SIA Team
Nov 14, 20174 min read
Lessons from a coworking space in Malawi
This is reposted from the blog Centre for Social Innovation’s blog. I wrote it for my coworking community in Toronto. Halfway around the...
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SIA Team
Oct 24, 20173 min read
“Mindset preparation” on the path to success
Guest post by Michael Hegeman, SIA Advisory Board Member. He traveled with me to Kenya and Malawi this year. “I’ll always be poor.” “I’ll...
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SIA Team
Aug 29, 20172 min read
Seeing Capacity Where it Already Exists
What works to help families move out of poverty? Spirit in Action is addressing this on the international level, with our Small Business...
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SIA Team
Aug 22, 20173 min read
Beyond Grants: Rebuilding After Conflict
Rebuilding a life and a community after years of conflict, violence, and trauma is no easy task. The pain doesn’t go away immediately....
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SIA Team
Aug 15, 20173 min read
Love is Warm Coca-Cola
Today’s story of Small Business Fund success in Kenya is about more than monetary success. Sister Magrina, who received a Small Business...
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SIA Team
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Why does it matter?
Droughts. Climate change. Tough farming conditions. Human rights violations. Self-expression denied. This week, two news stories...
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SIA Team
Jul 4, 20173 min read
“Within you is the Power”
Let us not be tempted to think of SIA’s partners and Small Business Fund members as weak or helpless. In the West, we hear many stories...
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SIA Team
Jun 27, 20173 min read
“This is not a house of a poor person.”
Paulos discusses his business with us during our visit to Malawi in 2011. One of the very cool things about my recent trip to Malawi is...
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SIA Team
Jun 20, 20172 min read
The many ways a mill can benefit a community
Electricity coming to town changes everything. It provides new business opportunities: cellphone charging stations, welding shops, cafes...
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SIA Team
Apr 18, 20172 min read
Is it risky to invest in community leadership?
This past weekend, on April 15th, the book I’ve been co-editing with Jennifer Lentfer for the past 5 years, was printed! It is now...
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SIA Team
Apr 11, 20172 min read
A grant that gives hope
Last week, I had the great pleasure of sending out the congratulations letters to the groups that received SIA grants at our last board...
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