1. 35 Women Trained in Zambia One of the women who received a small low-interest loan from Welfare Concern International to establish her hair braiding business. (SIA funded Welfare Concern International, a grassroots organization, to coordinate a capacity-building workshop and small micro-loans for women in Livingstone in 2014.) From Moses Chibanda, Director: In the last six months, we have trained 35 community women and we have empowered 18 of them with small loans. Our big

I started my morning today with one of the things making me happy this week: Moringa Green Tea! And from there I read a great article about local leadership in Liberia and then received an encouraging update from the new savings and loans group in Zambia. I guess you can say that there are a lot of SIA-related things making me happy this week. Here’s a taste to share with you: 1. Savings and Loans in Zambia Chickens in a coop at a school campus in Kitale, Kenya. This new savi

So much is going on this month for Spirit in Action partners! I’m excited to share some of these exciting updates with you: Last Tuesday, experienced local coordinators Canaan Gondwe (Malawi) and Dennis Kiprop (Eldoret, Kenya) met with our newest Small Business Fund (SBF) Coordinator-in-training! We are so excited to welcome Ms. Wambui Nguyo of Nairobi to our SIA team. She will be working with families in the Korongocho slum in Nairobi to start small businesses and reach a ne

An important part of Spirit in Action’s mission is to respond to the real needs of the people and support already existing grassroots community organizations abroad. We start by acknowledging the experience and local knowledge of the community leaders and encourage with them as they hone projects that will work for the their specific community. One such grassroots organization that Spirit in Action has supported is Welfare Concern International (WCI), in Livingstone, Zambia.