Today’s post is by Jerry Elmer, a long-time friend of Spirit in Action.* Glory Tembo, who received a SIA grant in 2006, sells boiled fish...

Matthews (MAVISALO's Secretary) giving us one of his big smiles. “COMSIP…” called out Matthews, holding his hand in the air. “…Chop!”...

This time of year is a good time for reflection and appreciation so this morning I sat down and wrote out five things about Spirit in...

Saul (Malawi) was able to expand his crop of green maize with a SIA grant. Have you heard about “angel investors”? In the business world,...

1. Give a meaningful gift! In his annual Gifts that Say You Care article, New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof said, “Give Grandma a...

After the minibus could make it no further along the muddy road, we all got out to walk the rest of the way. Dennis Kiprop, always...

These women learned to bake and market donuts from another woman through Sharing the Gift. (Malawi) “How do we make our SIA programs...

At the end of last year, Canaan Gondwe, a SIA partner living in rural Malawi, gathered together forty-one other people to form the...

I mentioned in my post about life in rural Malawi that Manyamula Village does not have electricity. But people still use electronic...

How much a difference can $150 really make? While visiting Kenya and Malawi, Boyd and I saw many thriving businesses established through...

Bwima Brigitte sells tomatoes in a Rwandan marketplace. “Success is a journey, not a destination.” When I am need of some inspiration and...

I know the power of language. The words we use affect the way we see the world. You can be sure that when I talk about Spirit in Action...

It so exciting to receive reports from SIA’s Small Business Fund (SBF) in the mail. It gives us a chance to see, three months after the...

As spring begins to spring in [some parts of] the U.S., I share a fitting story of baby chicks and the hope they can bring to a...

My work with Spirit in Action is not only about “making the world a better place” and running the daily operations of an organization,...

A friend of SIA with 50 years experience employed on the executive and administrative sides of church, parachurch and humanitarian...

This week’s post is from Jennifer Lentfer of How Matters. She has worked for several organizations that, like Spirit in Action, give...

The end of the year is a good time to pause and reflect on our lives – preparing oursleves for the newness of the coming year. This week...

From Del’s Journal: Christmas Day 1998 “To love our own soul opens us to receive the Divine. Praying without acting is a spiritual...

“Imagine your life without financial services…” This started the dialog about the microfinance crisis in India between Lawrence MacDonald...