Options: Better than Teaching a Man to Fish in the Desert
Today’s post is by Jerry Elmer, a long-time friend of Spirit in Action.* Glory Tembo, who received a SIA grant in 2006, sells boiled fish...
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SIA Team
Feb 7, 20122 min read
“Chopping” Poverty through Business Training
Matthews (MAVISALO's Secretary) giving us one of his big smiles. “COMSIP…” called out Matthews, holding his hand in the air. “…Chop!”...
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SIA Team
Dec 27, 20111 min read
5 Things That Make Me Proud
This time of year is a good time for reflection and appreciation so this morning I sat down and wrote out five things about Spirit in...
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SIA Team
Dec 13, 20113 min read
Be an Angel Investor
Saul (Malawi) was able to expand his crop of green maize with a SIA grant. Have you heard about “angel investors”? In the business world,...
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SIA Team
Dec 6, 20112 min read
Five Reasons to Give to SIA this Christmas
1. Give a meaningful gift! In his annual Gifts that Say You Care article, New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof said, “Give Grandma a...
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SIA Team
Nov 15, 20113 min read
Mud on the Road – Adventures during the SIA Coordinator Conference
After the minibus could make it no further along the muddy road, we all got out to walk the rest of the way. Dennis Kiprop, always...
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SIA Team
Nov 1, 20112 min read
Giving the Gift of Giving
These women learned to bake and market donuts from another woman through Sharing the Gift. (Malawi) “How do we make our SIA programs...
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SIA Team
Oct 25, 20112 min read
Local Loans in Malawi
At the end of last year, Canaan Gondwe, a SIA partner living in rural Malawi, gathered together forty-one other people to form the...
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SIA Team
Oct 18, 20112 min read
Electronics where there is no electricity
I mentioned in my post about life in rural Malawi that Manyamula Village does not have electricity. But people still use electronic...
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SIA Team
Sep 13, 20114 min read
Realizing potential with just $150! Small Business Fund FAQs
How much a difference can $150 really make? While visiting Kenya and Malawi, Boyd and I saw many thriving businesses established through...
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SIA Team
Jun 21, 20111 min read
The Journey to Success
Bwima Brigitte sells tomatoes in a Rwandan marketplace. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” When I am need of some inspiration and...
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SIA Team
May 10, 20112 min read
Empowered Partners Plan for SIA Visit
I know the power of language. The words we use affect the way we see the world. You can be sure that when I talk about Spirit in Action...
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SIA Team
Apr 5, 20111 min read
Businesses bring more than just money
It so exciting to receive reports from SIA’s Small Business Fund (SBF) in the mail. It gives us a chance to see, three months after the...
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SIA Team
Mar 8, 20112 min read
Let's Take a Peek in the Poultry House
As spring begins to spring in [some parts of] the U.S., I share a fitting story of baby chicks and the hope they can bring to a...
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SIA Team
Feb 15, 20112 min read
Shifting Perspectives
My work with Spirit in Action is not only about “making the world a better place” and running the daily operations of an organization,...
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SIA Team
Feb 8, 20114 min read
The benefits of risk-taking
A friend of SIA with 50 years experience employed on the executive and administrative sides of church, parachurch and humanitarian...
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SIA Team
Jan 18, 20115 min read
Small (grants) but Mighty!
This week’s post is from Jennifer Lentfer of How Matters. She has worked for several organizations that, like Spirit in Action, give...
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SIA Team
Dec 28, 20102 min read
Musings and Gratitude
The end of the year is a good time to pause and reflect on our lives – preparing oursleves for the newness of the coming year. This week...
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SIA Team
Dec 21, 20102 min read
Christmas Traditions Around the World
From Del’s Journal: Christmas Day 1998 “To love our own soul opens us to receive the Divine. Praying without acting is a spiritual...
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SIA Team
Dec 14, 20102 min read
“Imagine your life without financial services…”
“Imagine your life without financial services…” This started the dialog about the microfinance crisis in India between Lawrence MacDonald...
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