After years in a difficult marriage, Loveness Nkhoma found herself divorced, back at home, and unsure how to support herself and her...

These men and women, chosen to receive SIA Small Business Fund grants, are living in the rough conditions in the informal settlements...

Reposting this roundup of the ways peoples’ lives change after receiving a SIA Small Business Fund grant. In [June 2015] I highlighted...

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...

Pictured above are members of the Namayiana Women Group. The group is based in Archer’s Post, Samburu County, Kenya, and has a membership...

Reposted from my co-editor, Jennifer Lentfer’s How Matters blog. “Co-editor?” you ask. Read on… This is how it began… From: JENNIFER...

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...

The mission of the Mathare Dressmaking and Tailoring Training Centre in Nairobi is to train women and men to use the industrial sewing...

This seminar was different. Boys and girls sat in the classroom together. Listening to the presentations about puberty, reproductive...

It’s rare that a book about international aid and charity reflects Spirit in Action’s core philosophy of partnership and responding to...

We know the value of business training from our Small Business Fund program. Grant recipients are trained in marketing, record keeping,...

This Saturday we will celebrate 20 years of Spirit in Action. Twenty years ago, in February of 1996, Del and Lucile Anderson, twelve...

Paying-it-forward, positive change in a high-poverty neighborhood, knowledge sharing, local leadership, and savings group formation –...

“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...

The Manyamula COMSIP cooperative – a truly locally-led savings and loans organization – has long been a fixture in this rural village in...

“Bucece has persevered. Through difficult situations, like poor crop yields and weather conditions, and delays in materials and supplies,...

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...

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...

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...

[Above: A video snippet of Canaan’s speech; with Winkly Mahowe interpreting into the local language.] It was exactly a year ago that I...