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SIA Team
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Taking a selfie with a cow
“The camera is right here!” I try – successfully! – to get a selfie with a cow at a Megabridge Foundation farm in Kenya. After our visit,...
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SIA Team
Aug 15, 20173 min read
Love is Warm Coca-Cola
Today’s story of Small Business Fund success in Kenya is about more than monetary success. Sister Magrina, who received a Small Business...
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SIA Team
Aug 8, 20172 min read
Pray for Kenyan Elections Today!
Today is the day that Kenyans are electing their next president, governors, and local representatives. In the presidential race, there is...
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SIA Team
Aug 1, 20173 min read
Why does it matter?
Droughts. Climate change. Tough farming conditions. Human rights violations. Self-expression denied. This week, two news stories...
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SIA Team
Jun 13, 20172 min read
How to garden in a drought
Dispatch from Kenya: “The dry season is supposed to be December through March, but this year the rains aren’t coming, even up until now.”...
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SIA Team
Jun 6, 20172 min read
Update from Nairobi, Kenya!
Should we call Korogocho a slum? It’s complicated. The residents in this sector of Nairobi are extremely poor. There is no running water...
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SIA Team
May 16, 20172 min read
Grants underway and I’m on my way!
We sent out the latest round of grant funds last month and the community projects are already well underway! Women’s Group Curio Shop The...
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SIA Team
Apr 11, 20172 min read
A grant that gives hope
Last week, I had the great pleasure of sending out the congratulations letters to the groups that received SIA grants at our last board...
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SIA Team
Mar 28, 20172 min read
Planning a ribbon cutting ceremony in Malawi
Three years ago, August 2014, I helped the Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Cooperative (COMSIP) in Malawi break ground for...
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SIA Team
Mar 14, 20172 min read
Entrepreneurs in Nairobi: “We feel resurrected”
These men and women, chosen to receive SIA Small Business Fund grants, are living in the rough conditions in the informal settlements...
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SIA Team
Feb 7, 20172 min read
Making friends around the world
Last week, twelve Girl Scouts (ages 10-12) took the first step toward making new friends. The girls from Santa Barbara, CA wrote letters...
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SIA Team
Jan 24, 20172 min read
The Faces of Kenya’s Future
“Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.” ― Walt Disney Spirit in Action is investing in this natural resource by...
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SIA Team
Dec 23, 20161 min read
Sparking hope this Christmas!
Pictured above are members of the Namayiana Women Group. The group is based in Archer’s Post, Samburu County, Kenya, and has a membership...
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SIA Team
Dec 6, 20162 min read
Business updates from Nairobi, Kenya
Over the past three years Spirit in Action has supported 33 small businesses in the informal settlement of Korogocho in Nairobi, Kenya....
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SIA Team
Nov 29, 20161 min read
#GivingTuesday: “Whatever is honorable”
“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is...
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SIA Team
Nov 15, 20162 min read
Encouraging Updates
A family business in Eldoret, Kenya Purity and her son, Cyril, started a milk and doughnut business (a winning combination!) with a SIA...
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SIA Team
Oct 25, 20161 min read
Fall Newsletter Preview! See what’s new with SIA!
The new Spirit in Action newsletter is hot off the presses! You can view a PDF version here and the hard copies were in the mail...
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SIA Team
Oct 11, 20161 min read
Celebrating International Day of the Girl
Today is the UN’s International Day of the Girl and at Spirit in Action we are honored to partner with many wonderful women who are...
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SIA Team
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Factory jobs in Nairobi: It’s complicated….
The mission of the Mathare Dressmaking and Tailoring Training Centre in Nairobi is to train women and men to use the industrial sewing...
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SIA Team
Sep 20, 20162 min read
See what a Kenyan viral video looks like!
You never know what video or meme might go viral. Sometimes it’s dumping a bucket of ice water on your head. Sometimes it’s an adorable...
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