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...

Two years ago Milly Imat, a widow in Akwiridiri village in Kole District in Northern Uganda, received a Small Business Fund grant and...

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...

What if we didn’t measure success just through statistics and numbers, but instead looked to community accountability? If the community...

…Specifically, a story to remind many of our readers of the privilege of the internet access that is all around us at all times....

A round-up of some exciting news from around the Spirit in Action network: 1. SIA partner recognized for anti-FGM work Samuel Siriria...

*Today’s post is a reflection from SIA Team Members and Advisory Board Members, Michael Hegeman and Dana Belmonte, who traveled with me...

A group photo of the members of the Matungu Community Development Charity in Kakamega County, Kenya. Vincent Atitwa sits on Tanya’s...

All around the world, parents have the common hope that their children will have better lives than their own. This was the hope of...

This is reposted from the blog Centre for Social Innovation’s blog. I wrote it for my coworking community in Toronto. Halfway around the...

Guest post by Michael Hegeman, SIA Advisory Board Member. He traveled with me to Kenya and Malawi this year. “I’ll always be poor.” “I’ll...

What works to help families move out of poverty? Spirit in Action is addressing this on the international level, with our Small Business...

Rebuilding a life and a community after years of conflict, violence, and trauma is no easy task. The pain doesn’t go away immediately....

Today’s story of Small Business Fund success in Kenya is about more than monetary success. Sister Magrina, who received a Small Business...

Droughts. Climate change. Tough farming conditions. Human rights violations. Self-expression denied. This week, two news stories...

Let us not be tempted to think of SIA’s partners and Small Business Fund members as weak or helpless. In the West, we hear many stories...

Paulos discusses his business with us during our visit to Malawi in 2011. One of the very cool things about my recent trip to Malawi is...

Electricity coming to town changes everything. It provides new business opportunities: cellphone charging stations, welding shops, cafes...

This past weekend, on April 15th, the book I’ve been co-editing with Jennifer Lentfer for the past 5 years, was printed! It is now...

Last week, I had the great pleasure of sending out the congratulations letters to the groups that received SIA grants at our last board...