The ripple continues, in a new way!
Have you heard the saying, “money follows money”? It means that once you’ve received some grant funds or donations momentum builds and...
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SIA Team
- Sep 4, 2018
- 2 min
An unexpected aspect of girls’ empowerment
When you think of the work of girls’ empowerment, you might not think of bathrooms. But a changing room and bathroom is exactly what Hope...
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SIA Team
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
What role do men have in women’s empowerment?
by Margaret Ikiara, Founder and Director Community Initiatives for Rural Development (CIFORD) Kenya CIFORD is one of SIA’s grassroots...
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SIA Team
- Aug 7, 2018
- 2 min
Farmers Supporting Farmers
Slow Food Seed and Food Fair Report from Samuel & Peris Nderitu, Directors of The Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya (G-BIACK)...
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SIA Team
- Jul 17, 2018
- 2 min
Namaylana Women’s Self-Help Group: Achieving the Impossible
At the end of 2016, the Namaylana Women’s Self-Help Group received a grant to build a curio shop to sell their traditional handicrafts to...
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SIA Team
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
Mary achieves her dream
Mary Nyonges lives in Mundindi village, in the rural areas near the western boarder of Kenya. She is a member of the Matungu Community...
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SIA Team
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
Improving nutrition for all
Chicken is the most common source of protein in Kenya, and still it is not available to everyone. Many people eat mostly maize and other...
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SIA Team
- Jun 5, 2018
- 2 min
Collective Prosperity: New Warehouse for Crops in Malawi
Last May, as the last bit of twilight faded, I met with the leaders of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Malawi. The twelve of us sat...
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SIA Team
- Apr 18, 2017
- 2 min
Is it risky to invest in community leadership?
This past weekend, on April 15th, the book I’ve been co-editing with Jennifer Lentfer for the past 5 years, was printed! It is now...
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SIA Team
- Oct 27, 2015
- 2 min
Who are SIA’s partners?
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...
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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
- Oct 25, 2011
- 2 min
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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