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2 photo updates & a short video
1. Joshua & Fastina's Fish Farm in Malawi Manyamula Village is hours away from Lake Malawi, so the only fish that arrives there is dried....
SIA Team
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Success Story: Down on McDonald’s Farm
“If you live in a house like this, something good has happened,” McDonald Kajani told us, orienting us to the context of Manyamula...
SIA Team
Mar 10, 20203 min read


Meet the Manyamula COMSIP Team!
The Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion Cooperative in rural Malawi is a vibrant force for local development. They...
SIA Team
Jan 14, 20202 min read


Giving Tuesday: “We overcome challenges with unity”
Everything about the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Malawi embodies community spirit in action. They are at once a farmer cooperative,...
SIA Team
Dec 3, 20192 min read


Small Business Success in Malawi!
Business is booming in Manyamula Village. This village was small and struggling when I first visited eight years ago and it’s growing...
SIA Team
Nov 5, 20192 min read


Fall Newsletter! Stories, photos, and a new mission statement!
The 2019 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! These guys are part...
SIA Team
Oct 8, 20191 min read


Visiting Manyamula Village
Last week was SIA Board Member Kathleen King’s first visit to a Malawian village. I appreciated her new-comer observations on what she...
SIA Team
Jun 27, 20193 min read


What’s the weather like in Kenya?
Spring is slow in coming to Toronto this year. The leaves are just starting to poke out on the trees and I’m still wearing layers of...
SIA Team
May 14, 20192 min read


Grant update: Supporting small farmers in Malawi
Members of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative first came together to fight against the exploitation of banks who were charging high...
SIA Team
Mar 19, 20192 min read


A holistic approach girls’ education
You’ve probably seen the simple messaging. If you give $xx amount per month, a girl in another country will get the gift of education....
SIA Team
Jan 29, 20193 min read


Imagine, internet available right in your own town!
“Greetings from Malawi, and in particular Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Mzimba. We send our love and joy to you!” So began the exciting...
SIA Team
Jan 22, 20192 min read


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...
SIA Team
Dec 28, 20182 min read


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...
SIA Team
Dec 18, 20182 min read


“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...
SIA Team
Dec 4, 20184 min read


A Practice of Welcome
Guest post by Michael Hegeman Getting to travel to East Africa to meet with Spirit in Action partners gave me the opportunity to...
SIA Team
Nov 13, 20184 min read


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...
SIA Team
Nov 6, 20182 min read


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...
SIA Team
Oct 30, 20182 min read


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...
SIA Team
Oct 2, 20182 min read


Meet these new Small Business Fund entrepreneurs!
Five more Small Business Fund grants were distributed in Manyamula Village in northern Malawi last month. Local coordinator Canaan Gondwe...
SIA Team
Sep 11, 20181 min read


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...
SIA Team
Sep 4, 20182 min read
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