“If you live in a house like this, something good has happened,” McDonald Kajani told us, orienting us to the context of Manyamula...

The Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion Cooperative in rural Malawi is a vibrant force for local development. They...

Everything about the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Malawi embodies community spirit in action. They are at once a farmer cooperative,...

Last week was SIA Board Member Kathleen King’s first visit to a Malawian village. I appreciated her new-comer observations on what she...

Members of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative first came together to fight against the exploitation of banks who were charging high...

“Greetings from Malawi, and in particular Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative in Mzimba. We send our love and joy to you!” So began the exciting...

2018 was a fantastic year for SIA globally! We partnered with 10 grassroots community organizations, further developed our Small Business...

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...

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...

The community has “taken a firm stand to root Denis into success,” says Canaan Gondwe. Denis received a piglet from the community May...

Have you heard the saying, “money follows money”? It means that once you’ve received some grant funds or donations momentum builds and...

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...

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...

Elias Mkhayi and Lyness Gausi both went to secondary school in rural Malawi. They married young and had dreams of continuing their...