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....

“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,...

Business is booming in Manyamula Village. This village was small and struggling when I first visited eight years ago and it’s growing...

The 2019 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! These guys are part...

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

Spring is slow in coming to Toronto this year. The leaves are just starting to poke out on the trees and I’m still wearing layers of...

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

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....

“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...

This post is adapted and excerpted from my recent sermon at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in California. You’ve heard...

Guest post by Michael Hegeman Getting to travel to East Africa to meet with Spirit in Action partners gave me the opportunity to...

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...

Five more Small Business Fund grants were distributed in Manyamula Village in northern Malawi last month. Local coordinator Canaan Gondwe...

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...