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...

Stories about Africa aren’t always in our mainstream news. Yet, I still like to keep informed about where we are working, so today I...

Local leaders are part of our kindness advantage too! When you compare non-profits supporting development in Africa Spirit in Action is...

This is an excerpt from a talk that I gave at Bonny Doon Presbyterian Church, sharing my personal journey and about my work with Spirit...

1. Maize Machines – Bought and Delivered! This is progress! Last spring’s SIA Silent Auction helped raise the funds for the Manyamula...

One of the many highlights of my trip to Africa last summer was visiting Samuel Teimuge in Kenya. Samuel, who worked with Del even before...

At the heart of Spirit in Action is a deep respect for people dedicated to changing their own communities. One of these people that puts...

Healthy corn plants in Malawi. Welcome new visitors and long-time readers. The SIA Fall/Winter Newsletters are on their way to you this...

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...

A round-up of some of the exciting things to cross my desk in the last week: 1. SIA Business Groups Receive Reinvestment Grant – Dennis...

SIA SBF Coordinators watch a presentation about tree seedlings and reforestation. Spring is in the air all over the USA this week! To...

A round-up of some of the exciting things to cross my desk in the last week: 1. Empowering Women at CIFORD – I finished making a video...

I plan on observing Valentine’s Day today with a cupcake from my local bakery, Cupcake Cafe. But if I was in Eldoret, Kenya, I might be...

Rows of crops on the Common Ground "Feed the Village" farm The view out the window of the minibus from Eldoret to Kitale, Kenya was...

Camily Wedende was excited for us to visit his solar cooker storefront in Eldoret, Kenya last month. He eagerly texted our host and...

“The river of life, each curve more beautiful than the last.” The unfolding of beauty and possibility expressed in this Maaori saying was...

Dennis Kiprop, SIA Small Business Fund (SBF) Coordinator in Kenya, has trained and supported 27 micro-enterprise business groups near...

Camily Wedende likes to spread the word about the benefit of solar cookers, which use the sunlight as “fuel” to pasteurize water and...

A Report by Joshua Machinga, Common Ground Program – Poultry Project Yet, in the midst of such astonishing beauty, life in Kenya is often...

A woman tends to vegetables in a bio-intensive garden in northern Kenya, which is run by CIFORD to grow food for people with HIV/AIDS....