4 new grants. 4 thank you letters.
In the beginning of December, the Board approved four new Community Grants and I received four very enthusiastic and grateful responses...
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SIA Team
- Dec 9, 2014
- 1 min
*See* Spirit in Action! New video!
SIA Volunteer Extraordinaire, Carmen Hernandez, created this beautiful film for us using footage and photos captured by Boyd Cothran...
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SIA Team
- Oct 28, 2014
- 3 min
Business is Booming in Nairobi
I wrote a few weeks ago about adapting to the challenges of starting small businesses in the slums of Nairobi. Slums are crowded spaces...
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SIA Team
- Oct 14, 2014
- 3 min
Learning to work in the city
What’s your image of where people live in Kenya? In crowded, polluted slums? In huts on savannahs? Even though about two-thirds of...
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SIA Team
- Sep 23, 2014
- 2 min
What is an OFSP??
Women proud of their sweet potato harvest, at CIFORD Kenya. OFSP? Orange flesh sweet potato. Or, as I call them, those vegetables that...
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SIA Team
- Aug 19, 2014
- 3 min
How do you improve education in Nairobi slums?
I left our meeting with the grassroots organization Progressive Volunteers feeling very optimistic. As I sat in their office in Nairobi,...
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SIA Team
- Jul 15, 2014
- 2 min
A morning in Korogocho
We started out at 7:30am. Cruising down the freeway (thankfully against traffic) with Christian Swahili radio blasting and windows closed...
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SIA Team
- Jun 10, 2014
- 2 min
New businesses leaders “over the moon” in Nairobi
The five new groups in Nairobi, Kenya that received SIA Small Business Fund (SBF) grants weren’t just pleased, “they were ‘over the...
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SIA Team
- May 20, 2014
- 4 min
A man of passion, joy, and love: Interview with Dennis Kiprop
*As I prepare for my trip to Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda this summer, I’m reviewing what I learned on the last trip in 2011. I was pleased...
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SIA Team
- Mar 18, 2014
- 3 min
Traveling in Kenya
Kids at Samro School and Empowering Lives International play baseball in the mud. For World Storytelling Day on Thrusday, and as a way of...
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SIA Team
- Mar 4, 2014
- 2 min
A transformative education
Learning computer skills on the computers purchased with a SIA Community Grant I saw an inspiring film last month. It wasn’t one that won...
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SIA Team
- Feb 4, 2014
- 2 min
Success stories from Kenya!
As promised, today we have real stories from the new business groups in Kenya. These groups are truly modeling the spirit of SIA. They...
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SIA Team
- Jan 28, 2014
- 2 min
What’s one “small thing” I can do for peace?
She continues, “These are words of Mother Teresa and they have an applicable meaning with the people of Korogocho slum who benefitted...
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SIA Team
- Dec 10, 2013
- 2 min
Education and a New Job for Gladys
Five classic sewing machines and one high-tech machines are available for students. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Even more than in the US, people in...
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SIA Team
- Sep 10, 2013
- 3 min
Do-It-Together Savings!
Women at a savings group meeting in Meru, Kenya. Have you noticed that many DIY (do-it-yourself) projects are best done DIT...
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SIA Team
- Aug 13, 2013
- 3 min
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
- Jun 18, 2013
- 2 min
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 21, 2013
- 2 min
Water for Grandmothers
Spirit in Action is honored to partner with amazing community-based organizations, run by people who are passionate and knowledgeable...
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SIA Team
- May 14, 2013
- 1 min
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 16, 2013
- 2 min
The Best Kind of Leftovers
Our partners are cooking up big change in their communities and there are so many inspiring stories, photos, and quotes to share! I...
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