With a loan of $2, Biti Rose started making and selling a local version of doughnuts, which she initially sold for 2 cents each. “People...

A round-up of some of the exciting things to cross my desk in the last week: 1. Thriving Business: Brown Ngoma, his wife, Beatrice, and...

This week a book review I wrote was posted on the international aid website whydev.org. My review below explores why micro-savings is...

Preparing for the Spirit in Action 16th Anniversary earlier this month gave me a chance to reflect on the role models that are the...

Donna Thomas had the winning bid on this beautiful piece of cloth from DR Congo. Wherever we go in the world, we will look for the...

Are people in Africa happy? Are people in the North America happy? Of course, the answer in both cases is: some people are; and some...

Tanya, Alan, and Boyd at the Manyamula Market He was thoughtful as he told us his story of receiving a Spirit in Action Small Business...

A round-up of some of the exciting things to cross my desk in the last week: 1. Empowering Women at CIFORD – I finished making a video...

Matthews (MAVISALO's Secretary) giving us one of his big smiles. “COMSIP…” called out Matthews, holding his hand in the air. “…Chop!”...

Boyd and I met Slyvester Nkoma in Malawi this summer. He shared his testimony with us while we were there and we did get to try the milk...

At the end of last year, Canaan Gondwe, a SIA partner living in rural Malawi, gathered together forty-one other people to form the...

I mentioned in my post about life in rural Malawi that Manyamula Village does not have electricity. But people still use electronic...

This week’s post is a journal entry I wrote as we were leaving Malawi and heading up to Kenya in August. I know that this short...

How’s your garden coming along? In Minnesota, our garden (mostly cared for by our wonderful housemate, EB), is at its best right now. We...

What an amazing month! Boyd and I are home now, after 10 days in Malawi and 20 days in Kenya, visiting SIA partners. I learned so much on...

“The opposite of poverty is not wealth. It is justice.” – Leonardo Boff Since the group started this loan fund, using individual...

As spring begins to spring in [some parts of] the U.S., I share a fitting story of baby chicks and the hope they can bring to a...

From Del’s Journal: Christmas Day 1998 “To love our own soul opens us to receive the Divine. Praying without acting is a spiritual...

“Imagine your life without financial services…” This started the dialog about the microfinance crisis in India between Lawrence MacDonald...

1. Tanya: What are some of the biggest challenges you see people face in Malawi? Canaan: One of the biggest challenges is the poverty...