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SIA Team
Oct 22, 20192 min read
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
Aug 20, 20194 min read
What is a “site visit”? Or: what we did in Uganda
Hello SIA friends! After a much-needed break, I am back in the SIA office and working through the photos, memories, reports, and stories...
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SIA Team
Jun 18, 20192 min read
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
Jun 4, 20192 min read
“A place of discovering our potential”
“A place of discovering our potential.” This is how one of the vocational students at Set Her Free Uganda described the supportive...
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SIA Team
May 29, 20193 min read
Greetings from Uganda!
Greetings from Uganda! Barbara and I landed Sunday morning in Entebbe and were greeted by our amazing local coordinator, Naomi Ayot....
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SIA Team
Apr 9, 20192 min read
New grants approved!
I met with the wonderful Spirit in Action Board of Directors on March 30th to approve another round of funding. We are working to get...
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SIA Team
Mar 26, 20191 min read
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
Mar 19, 20192 min read
Grant update: Supporting small farmers in Malawi
Members of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative first came together to fight against the exploitation of banks who were charging high...
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SIA Team
Jan 29, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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
Jan 8, 20192 min read
Grant Update: A cafe in Rwanda
Grant update from Fulgence Ndagijimana, Flaming Chalice International Grant Name: Flaming Chalice Refugee Café 1. The purpose of our...
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SIA Team
Oct 2, 20182 min read
The ripple continues, in a new way!
Have you heard the saying, “money follows money”? It means that once you’ve received some grant funds or donations momentum builds and...
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SIA Team
Sep 4, 20182 min read
An unexpected aspect of girls’ empowerment
When you think of the work of girls’ empowerment, you might not think of bathrooms. But a changing room and bathroom is exactly what Hope...
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SIA Team
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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
May 8, 20182 min read
A cooperative dream realized in Malawi
It was one year ago, that my book, Smart Risks, was launched into the world! In it, my coauthors and I, featured the power of grassroots...
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SIA Team
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Smart Risk: Community participation as a measure of success
What if we didn’t measure success just through statistics and numbers, but instead looked to community accountability? If the community...
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SIA Team
Mar 20, 20182 min read
The One Chicken Give Away
This grant update is from one of Spirit in Action’s newest partners, Visionary Women’s Centre in Turbo, Kenya. They were awarded a SIA...
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SIA Team
Mar 13, 20182 min read
Meet Sylvester Nkhoma, Entrepreneur
Sylvester Nhkoma’s house in 2011, when I first visited his farm in Manyamula, Malawi. It has a tin roof but no plaster between the...
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