How do you change traditional rites?
Girls and boys in the community where CIFORD works. I’ve been pretty convinced for a while now that change will only happen in a...
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SIA Team
Jul 16, 20133 min read
A multiple-choice question from Malawi
You are a small-scale farmer in rural Malawi. How would you prefer to sell the maize (corn) you harvest? Directly from the field for 15¢...
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SIA Team
Jul 2, 20132 min read
A new movement in local resources
There is a pretty exciting movement happening throughout Africa now, a movement within communities. Giving to the neediest and helping...
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SIA Team
Jun 18, 20132 min read
What’s new with SIA these days?
So much is going on this month for Spirit in Action partners! I’m excited to share some of these exciting updates with you: Last Tuesday,...
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SIA Team
May 14, 20131 min read
Making Connections
One of the best parts of my job is getting to hear from people who are putting change into action through their ideas, leadership skills,...
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SIA Team
Apr 30, 20132 min read
People are the solution!
I love the new 50 second video from Oxfam America. It’s message is clear and to-the-point, “Aid is not the solution to poverty, people...
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SIA Team
Apr 9, 20133 min read
7 years after a small grant from SIA
Seven years after a Spirit in Action Small Business Fund grant, Paulos and Skekiwe Lungu are thankful for the Luso Shoe Repair business...
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SIA Team
Mar 26, 20133 min read
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...
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SIA Team
Feb 26, 20132 min read
Different paths toward empowerment
The question “what does Spirit in Action do?” has many different answers. The thing is, Spirit in Action has two distinct approaches to...
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SIA Team
Feb 5, 20133 min read
Add The First Grader to your movie list!
It could have been a scene from my own visit to in Kenya in 2011 – the dusty roads, the matatus (taxi vans) with hawkers hanging out of...
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SIA Team
Jan 22, 20133 min read
I’ve seen how small groups can achieve great things
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” –...
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SIA Team
Jan 15, 20132 min read
Investing in Individuals
Sometimes all it takes to bring a dream to life is a bit of investment. And whether you dream of running a coffee shop, starting an...
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SIA Team
Dec 30, 20124 min read
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...
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SIA Team
Dec 18, 20123 min read
Why we give grants, not loans
It used to be common sense that micro-loans were the only way to ensure the sustainability of a micro-finance program and that the act of...
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SIA Team
Sep 18, 20121 min read
The Brick Business, One Year Later
Now, one year later you are better clothed. You’ve learned how to run a business, and you’re eating better and including more meat in...
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SIA Team
Jun 19, 20122 min read
Edidiong’s Coconuts: Business Profile
About 90 percent of rural Nigerians rely on farming for their livelihood. So it is devastating for a family to have to mortgage their...
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SIA Team
May 22, 20124 min read
The benefits of micro-savings
This week a book review I wrote was posted on the international aid website whydev.org. My review below explores why micro-savings is...
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SIA Team
May 8, 20122 min read
MAVISALO: A national model in Malawi
Donna Thomas had the winning bid on this beautiful piece of cloth from DR Congo. Wherever we go in the world, we will look for the...
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SIA Team
Apr 16, 20124 min read
Local champions: Mobilizing local resources
A Day Without Dignity is a movement started last year as a counter-campaign to TOMs Shoes One Day Without Shoes event. The day is about...
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SIA Team
Mar 13, 20123 min read
Positive Change in Uganda
Did you catch the hype and fury around the KONY 2012 video about Uganda last week? The video, by Invisible Children, Inc. told about the...
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