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 of the SIA team in Manyamula, Malawi! Winkly, Mbwenu, and Sylvester helped Kathleen King and I visit over 35 of the 200+ SIA supported businesses in the area! In this newsletter we feature: Meet “Notorious for Jesus” Small Business Fund leader, Ruth, in Eldoret, Kenya Read our new Mission Statement Photo collage from my five weeks in Africa

The 2019 Spring & Summer newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! In this newsletter we feature: Why we support operating expenses for grassroots organizations How long-term partnership increases credibility for the Visionary Women’s Centre in Kenya Some of the ways that Small Business Fund groups pay-it-forward “No matter where you are, you deserve the best” Inspiration from Turinawe Samson, Universal Love Alliance, Ugand

The 2018 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! Elvis Nikiza helps run the snack bar in Kigali, Rwanda. It is a community hub for Burundian refugees in the city. In this newsletter we feature: New micro-loan program for women in Kenya Training 40 women to be bee-keepers in Uganda Supporting Burundian refugees to open a cafe and community center in Rwanda Updates from Visionary Women’s Centre and Matungu Com

The 2018 Spring & Summer Spirit in Action newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies will be in the mail next week! In this newsletter we feature: Small businesses in Nairobi, Kenya are thriving in the face of electoral uncertainty Welcome message from SIA’s new Board President, Diana Halpenny Spirit in Action is part of a new movement in international giving (Smart Risks Book review by Barbara Deal) Grant update from Visionary Women’s Centre poultry

The 2017 Fall/Winter Spirit in Action newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies will be in the mail next week! Blessing a pig that the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative members are giving to an orphan in the community. In this newsletter we feature: The time I blessed a pig in Malawi, as part of a community “Sharing the Gift” ceremony Girls Empowerment Workshops in Kenya teach girls about their wholness A poem of gratitude to SIA from Matthews Mahowe in M

The 2017 Spring/Summer Spirit in Action newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies will be in the mail next week! In this newsletter we feature: Hope for Relief in Malawi is a new grant partner. They are helping girls stay in school by making and distributing feminine hygiene pads to girls in rural Malawi. In this story, we feature Mary, one of the girls who is now promising not to miss a day of school. Mary is just one of 630 girls who have received

The new Spirit in Action newsletter is hot off the presses! You can view a PDF version here and the hard copies were in the mail last week! In this newsletter we feature: Megabridge Foundation in Kenya is a new grant partner. Their pig pens are already looking great! “Community members and men whose families will benefit from the program volunteered their time and talent to complete the construction project. The eight sows and two boars are settled in the new shelter.” Cuttin

The new Spirit in Action newsletter is hot off the (virtual) presses! You can view a PDF version here and the hard copies are in the mail this week! In this newsletter we feature: Christians and Muslims are encouraging each other in their businesses and praying together in Spirit in Action’s Small Business Fund in Nairobi, Kenya. SIA’s pay-it-forward initiative passes piglets. The new building for the Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion Cooperative is almost

Our partners are cooking up big change in their communities and there are so many inspiring stories, photos, and quotes to share! I couldn’t fit them all in the Spring & Summer 2013 Newsletter, so today’s blog is a bit of newsletter leftover stew… (The newsletter went off to the presses yesterday but you can download a PDF COLOR copy here today.) 1. Women Starting Businesses in Kenya SIA Small Business Fund local coordinator in Kenya, Dennis Kiprop, is excited about the new c

Healthy corn plants in Malawi. Welcome new visitors and long-time readers. The SIA Fall/Winter Newsletters are on their way to you this week! There was too much good stuff for the amount of space in the newsletter, so this post is a newsletter bonus supplement. (If you want to get a sneak peak at the newsletter, you can download the full color PDF here.) Inside the 2012 SIA Fall Newsletter: 1. Our pay-it-forwad “Sharing the Gift” program is featured prominently throughout the