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...

(Please excuse any formatting errors! This is coming direct to you from my iPhone in Malawi.) “When God’s Spirit is in action, good...

The 2017 Spring/Summer Spirit in Action newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies will be in the mail...

Three years ago, August 2014, I helped the Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Cooperative (COMSIP) in Malawi break ground for...

After years in a difficult marriage, Loveness Nkhoma found herself divorced, back at home, and unsure how to support herself and her...

1. Five new small businesses sponsored in Malawi! Last week, five new entrepreneurs attended a day-long workshop with Small Business Fund...

It’s not easy being divorced in Malawi. Three years ago, Sylvia S.’s husband left her and ran off to South Africa, leaving her (now age...

We know the value of business training from our Small Business Fund program. Grant recipients are trained in marketing, record keeping,...

This Saturday we will celebrate 20 years of Spirit in Action. Twenty years ago, in February of 1996, Del and Lucile Anderson, twelve...

Malawian Coffee at Starbucks What a fun surprise to see coffee from Malawi at my neighborhood Starbucks shop! I sent a WhatsApp message...

“I won’t give up, no I won’t give in ’til I reach the end and then I’ll start again. No I won’t leave, I want to try everything, I want...

In January 2013, Lackson Lungu bought two piglets with a Spirit in Action Small Business Fund grant. We gave the $150 as a grant,...

The Manyamula COMSIP cooperative – a truly locally-led savings and loans organization – has long been a fixture in this rural village in...

This has been a good year for Spirit in Action and our partners! It is so exciting to look back and see all that we have accomplished,...

One of the exciting new groups that SIA is partnering with this year is Progressive Volunteers, a Kenyan grassroots organization that...

The 90,000 bricks have been made, fired, and transported to the building site, and the foundations are set! The Manyamula Community...

1. One of the reason I’m happy today is that Tuesday is the day of my local farmer’s market! This is the height of the growing season...

On Sunday morning, I shared donuts with fifteen kids aged 4-12 at my church. We were on a virtual trip to Malawi. Passports were stamped...

The SIA Board of Directors gathered last month for our semi-annual meeting. If the mention of a meeting makes your eyes glaze over, let...