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SIA Team
Sep 10, 20193 min read
Back to school (fees) in Kenya
Small Business Fund entrepreneurs and leaders in Korogocho, Nairobi hosting Tanya in June. Wambui, pictured on left edge of the group is...
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SIA Team
Jun 18, 20192 min read
Seeing Change with the Visionary Women’s Centre
Even though it was the day of the funeral of the husband of a group member, over 60 women (and one man) met at the church in Lumakanda...
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SIA Team
Jun 11, 20193 min read
Update from Kenya!
This post is an update from Barbara Deal, SIA Board Member, on her experience at the SIA Small Business Fund Coordinator Conference last...
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SIA Team
May 14, 20192 min read
What’s the weather like in Kenya?
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...
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SIA Team
Mar 26, 20191 min read
Sharing the Gift – Spring Chickens Edition
After having their chance to receive hens and nurture them for meat, eggs, and profit last year, the 28 original members of the Visionary...
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SIA Team
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Hand to Mouth No More…
Success stories from three Small Business Fund grant recipients in Nairobi, Kenya. After expanding their entrepreneurial activities, most...
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SIA Team
Dec 11, 20181 min read
The Gift of Transformation
“I used to be very low. Business was up and down. Now, with a Spirit in Action Small Business Fund grant I am overjoyed. I bought a table...
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SIA Team
Nov 13, 20184 min read
A Practice of Welcome
Guest post by Michael Hegeman Getting to travel to East Africa to meet with Spirit in Action partners gave me the opportunity to...
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SIA Team
Oct 9, 20181 min read
The Fall Newsletter is here! Grant updates, stories, photos, and inspiration!
The 2018 Fall & Winter newsletter is here! You can view a PDF version here and hard copies are in the mail this week! Elvis Nikiza helps...
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SIA Team
Aug 28, 20182 min read
What role do men have in women’s empowerment?
by Margaret Ikiara, Founder and Director Community Initiatives for Rural Development (CIFORD) Kenya CIFORD is one of SIA’s grassroots...
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SIA Team
Aug 7, 20182 min read
Farmers Supporting Farmers
Slow Food Seed and Food Fair Report from Samuel & Peris Nderitu, Directors of The Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya (G-BIACK)...
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SIA Team
Jul 17, 20182 min read
Namaylana Women’s Self-Help Group: Achieving the Impossible
At the end of 2016, the Namaylana Women’s Self-Help Group received a grant to build a curio shop to sell their traditional handicrafts to...
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SIA Team
Jul 10, 20181 min read
Peres’s sewing business helps her family
Some charity organizations help pay for school fees and give away medicine. The Spirit in Action Small Business Fund helps people start...
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SIA Team
Jun 19, 20182 min read
Mary achieves her dream
Mary Nyonges lives in Mundindi village, in the rural areas near the western boarder of Kenya. She is a member of the Matungu Community...
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SIA Team
Apr 17, 20182 min read
Smart Risk: Community participation as a measure of success
What if we didn’t measure success just through statistics and numbers, but instead looked to community accountability? If the community...
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SIA Team
Mar 27, 20183 min read
A zero carbon footprint lifestyle
Today’s guest post is by David Zarembka, who lives in western Kenya and works on peace making there, particularly in support of the...
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SIA Team
Mar 20, 20182 min read
The One Chicken Give Away
This grant update is from one of Spirit in Action’s newest partners, Visionary Women’s Centre in Turbo, Kenya. They were awarded a SIA...
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SIA Team
Feb 20, 20182 min read
4 Things Making Me Happy (including Black Panther)
A round-up of some exciting news from around the Spirit in Action network: 1. SIA partner recognized for anti-FGM work Samuel Siriria...
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SIA Team
Dec 19, 20173 min read
Partner Spotlight: Matungu Community Development Charity in Kenya
A group photo of the members of the Matungu Community Development Charity in Kakamega County, Kenya. Vincent Atitwa sits on Tanya’s...
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SIA Team
Nov 7, 20172 min read
Inspiration from Kenya: Change, one step at a time
At the blessing of the piglet ceremony in Malawi in May, all the guests were invited to share some words of inspiration and...
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