That second chance that makes all the difference
After years in a difficult marriage, Loveness Nkhoma found herself divorced, back at home, and unsure how to support herself and her...
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SIA Team
Mar 14, 20172 min read
Entrepreneurs in Nairobi: “We feel resurrected”
These men and women, chosen to receive SIA Small Business Fund grants, are living in the rough conditions in the informal settlements...
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SIA Team
Feb 14, 20172 min read
How do their lives change?
Reposting this roundup of the ways peoples’ lives change after receiving a SIA Small Business Fund grant. In [June 2015] I highlighted...
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SIA Team
Jan 10, 20172 min read
A second chance for Sylvia
It’s not easy being divorced in Malawi. Three years ago, Sylvia S.’s husband left her and ran off to South Africa, leaving her (now age...
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SIA Team
Dec 23, 20161 min read
Sparking hope this Christmas!
Pictured above are members of the Namayiana Women Group. The group is based in Archer’s Post, Samburu County, Kenya, and has a membership...
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SIA Team
Dec 13, 20162 min read
Five years in the making…
Reposted from my co-editor, Jennifer Lentfer’s How Matters blog. “Co-editor?” you ask. Read on… This is how it began… From: JENNIFER...
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SIA Team
Oct 11, 20161 min read
Celebrating International Day of the Girl
Today is the UN’s International Day of the Girl and at Spirit in Action we are honored to partner with many wonderful women who are...
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SIA Team
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Factory jobs in Nairobi: It’s complicated….
The mission of the Mathare Dressmaking and Tailoring Training Centre in Nairobi is to train women and men to use the industrial sewing...
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SIA Team
Sep 13, 20162 min read
Training boys to be allies
This seminar was different. Boys and girls sat in the classroom together. Listening to the presentations about puberty, reproductive...
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SIA Team
Aug 23, 20163 min read
Doing Good…Says Who? A book review
It’s rare that a book about international aid and charity reflects Spirit in Action’s core philosophy of partnership and responding to...
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SIA Team
Aug 16, 20162 min read
Training youth to run better businesses
We know the value of business training from our Small Business Fund program. Grant recipients are trained in marketing, record keeping,...
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SIA Team
Jun 21, 20162 min read
For Sustainable Futures. A business 12 years later.
This Saturday we will celebrate 20 years of Spirit in Action. Twenty years ago, in February of 1996, Del and Lucile Anderson, twelve...
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SIA Team
May 31, 20163 min read
All the best of Spirit in Action in one report!
Paying-it-forward, positive change in a high-poverty neighborhood, knowledge sharing, local leadership, and savings group formation –...
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SIA Team
May 17, 20163 min read
I won’t give in: How savings cooperatives help
“I won’t give up, no I won’t give in ’til I reach the end and then I’ll start again. No I won’t leave, I want to try everything, I want...
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SIA Team
Jan 19, 20162 min read
Grant Update: Community Building in Malawi
The Manyamula COMSIP cooperative – a truly locally-led savings and loans organization – has long been a fixture in this rural village in...
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SIA Team
Dec 8, 20152 min read
Grant Update: Community Ownership in Bucece Village
“Bucece has persevered. Through difficult situations, like poor crop yields and weather conditions, and delays in materials and supplies,...
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SIA Team
Dec 1, 20152 min read
5 things making me happy: #GivingTuesday edition
Thanksgiving is a good kick-off to the giving season. Each year it’s a time when co-workers, the church, the media, and families start...
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SIA Team
Oct 27, 20152 min read
Who are SIA’s partners?
I often toss around the word “partner” when I talk about our work. Who are these partners? How did we come to know them? Canaan Gondwe...
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SIA Team
Oct 20, 20152 min read
Let’s make a difference!
This Saturday is Make a Difference Day in the U.S. You are encouraged to lend a hand, to improve someone else’s life, to build a positive...
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SIA Team
Jul 7, 20154 min read
“A partner who has walked with us side by side”
[Above: A video snippet of Canaan’s speech; with Winkly Mahowe interpreting into the local language.] It was exactly a year ago that I...
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