Grant update: Chickens = meat, eggs, manure
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SIA Team
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
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,...
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SIA Team
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Local low-interest loans in Matungu Community, Kenya
When Chris Owino was ready to expand his grocery stall in the market, he joined the Matungu Community Development Charity’s small loan...
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SIA Team
- Nov 12, 2019
- 3 min
Women of Change in Kenya
Guest post by Gloria Teimuge, Eldoret Kenya Traditional brewing of alcohol is still common in Kenyan communities and has remained an...
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SIA Team
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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SIA Team
- Oct 22, 2019
- 2 min
A project that keeps giving back
A grant update by Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, after his visit to the Flaming Chalice cafe in Rwanda It is 7pm in Gikondo, Rwanda and the...
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SIA Team
- Jun 18, 2019
- 2 min
Seeing Change with the Visionary Women’s Centre
Even though it was the day of the funeral of the husband of a group member, over 60 women (and one man) met at the church in Lumakanda...
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SIA Team
- Mar 26, 2019
- 1 min
Sharing the Gift – Spring Chickens Edition
After having their chance to receive hens and nurture them for meat, eggs, and profit last year, the 28 original members of the Visionary...
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SIA Team
- Feb 12, 2019
- 1 min
Hand to Mouth No More…
Success stories from three Small Business Fund grant recipients in Nairobi, Kenya. After expanding their entrepreneurial activities, most...
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SIA Team
- Jan 29, 2019
- 3 min
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....
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SIA Team
- Jan 22, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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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
- 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 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 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
- Aug 15, 2017
- 3 min
Love is Warm Coca-Cola
Today’s story of Small Business Fund success in Kenya is about more than monetary success. Sister Magrina, who received a Small Business...
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SIA Team
- Jun 6, 2017
- 2 min
Update from Nairobi, Kenya!
Should we call Korogocho a slum? It’s complicated. The residents in this sector of Nairobi are extremely poor. There is no running water...
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SIA Team
- Apr 5, 2016
- 1 min
4 photos, 4 stories
These are the faces of Spirit in Action. Each photo captures just one moment and represents a much larger story of struggle, success, and...
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