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SIA Team
- Dec 28, 2018
- 2 min
Top 5 Moments of 2018
2018 was a fantastic year for SIA globally! We partnered with 10 grassroots community organizations, further developed our Small Business...
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SIA Team
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
Joy is Restored for Denis
Last month I wrote about the inspiring story of Denis Kasambala, 16 years old, who received the gift of a pig from his community in last...
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SIA Team
- Dec 4, 2018
- 4 min
“You and God are greater than you know”
This post is adapted and excerpted from my recent sermon at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in California. You’ve heard...
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SIA Team
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
18 months after the gift of a pig
Last week I wrote about Denis Kasambala, a sixteen year old boy who received the gift of a piglet from his community in Manyamula, Malawi...
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SIA Team
- Oct 30, 2018
- 2 min
Blessing a Pig in Malawi
The community has “taken a firm stand to root Denis into success,” says Canaan Gondwe. Denis received a piglet from the community May...
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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
- May 8, 2018
- 2 min
A cooperative dream realized in Malawi
It was one year ago, that my book, Smart Risks, was launched into the world! In it, my coauthors and I, featured the power of grassroots...
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SIA Team
- Apr 10, 2018
- 2 min
Making Dreams Come True: Economic Migrants Return Home
Elias Mkhayi and Lyness Gausi both went to secondary school in rural Malawi. They married young and had dreams of continuing their...
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SIA Team
- Mar 13, 2018
- 2 min
Meet Sylvester Nkhoma, Entrepreneur
Sylvester Nhkoma’s house in 2011, when I first visited his farm in Manyamula, Malawi. It has a tin roof but no plaster between the...
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SIA Team
- Mar 6, 2018
- 3 min
A story to revive your faith in the internet…
…Specifically, a story to remind many of our readers of the privilege of the internet access that is all around us at all times....
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SIA Team
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
A tour around the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative Training Centre
One of the highlights of my visit to Manyamula Village last May was the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremonies for the Manyamula...
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SIA Team
- Jul 18, 2017
- 2 min
What are the Malawian six food groups?
The tour of facilities at the grand opening ceremony of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative Training and Development Centre in Malawi...
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SIA Team
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min
The many ways a mill can benefit a community
Electricity coming to town changes everything. It provides new business opportunities: cellphone charging stations, welding shops, cafes...
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SIA Team
- May 17, 2016
- 3 min
I won’t give in: How savings cooperatives help
“I won’t give up, no I won’t give in ’til I reach the end and then I’ll start again. No I won’t leave, I want to try everything, I want...
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SIA Team
- Jan 19, 2016
- 2 min
Grant Update: Community Building in Malawi
The Manyamula COMSIP cooperative – a truly locally-led savings and loans organization – has long been a fixture in this rural village in...
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SIA Team
- Oct 13, 2015
- 2 min
Grant Update: Brick by brick, building a foundation
The 90,000 bricks have been made, fired, and transported to the building site, and the foundations are set! The Manyamula Community...
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SIA Team
- Aug 12, 2014
- 3 min
Mbwenu, Innovator
Tanya with Mbwenu, Wangwa, and one their sons. Mbwenu heard about the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative after moving home and immediately...
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SIA Team
- Mar 25, 2014
- 3 min
A reminder of goodness in the world
The MAVISALO Maize Mill cooperative helps bring food security and prosperity to rural Malawi. Have you heard those stories about people...
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SIA Team
- Feb 25, 2014
- 2 min
New Wheels for MAVISALO (Grant Update)
Do you know that joy? That moment when, after saving and saving, you finally have enough to make that big purchase? The Manyamula Village...
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