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....
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SIA Team
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
Coming together across the continents
Dennis in Kenya started with Spirit in Action in 2007. Samuel, also in Kenya, remembers talking with Del Anderson as he named our...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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SIA Team
- Dec 11, 2018
- 1 min
The Gift of Transformation
“I used to be very low. Business was up and down. Now, with a Spirit in Action Small Business Fund grant I am overjoyed. I bought a table...
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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
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
Down on the farm…
Animals act as investments for SIA grant partners. Families use their savings to buy goats, pigs, chickens, and even cows. Then they can...
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SIA Team
- Jun 12, 2018
- 2 min
Improving nutrition for all
Chicken is the most common source of protein in Kenya, and still it is not available to everyone. Many people eat mostly maize and other...
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SIA Team
- May 10, 2016
- 3 min
Sharing the Gift: Moringa Edition
“Of course I remain grateful to you and Spirit in Action for your patience with me and the encouragement you have always given to us in...
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SIA Team
- May 27, 2014
- 2 min
Sharing the Gift in Malawi (x2)
Sometimes giving the perfect gift is more fun than receiving and unwrapping a gift, right? Do you know that feeling of knowing just the...
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SIA Team
- Sep 13, 2011
- 4 min
Realizing potential with just $150! Small Business Fund FAQs
How much a difference can $150 really make? While visiting Kenya and Malawi, Boyd and I saw many thriving businesses established through...
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SIA Team
- Jun 29, 2010
- 2 min
The gift of a pig
What difference can the gift of one pig make? One of the key components of SIA’s Small Business Fund (SBF) is the concept of “Sharing the...
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SIA Team
- May 10, 2010
- 2 min
People helping people
How and why do the poor help each other? This is the central question in the book The poor philanthropist, written in 2005 by several...
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SIA Team
- Apr 13, 2010
- 1 min
Laptops in Zimbabwe
Last year two generous contributors donated used laptop computers to SIA. After clearing the memory, we distributed them to 2 long-time...
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SIA Team
- Sep 17, 2007
- 1 min
WONDERFUL new PHOTOS from SIA projects!
Last week I received a package with many wonderful photos from Jacob Lipandasi, a SIA-Small Business Fund Coordinator in the Democratic...
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