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Expanding the Mothers' Support Programme in Kenya
Women around Turbo in Western Kenya are excited about the Mothers’ Support Programme expanding in their rural district. The program is...
SIA Team
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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Women of Change in Kenya
Guest post by Gloria Teimuge, Eldoret Kenya Traditional brewing of alcohol is still common in Kenyan communities and has remained an...
SIA Team
Nov 12, 20193 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Jun 18, 20192 min read
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“A place of discovering our potential”
“A place of discovering our potential.” This is how one of the vocational students at Set Her Free Uganda described the supportive...
SIA Team
Jun 4, 20192 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Mar 26, 20191 min read
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Teresa opens a barber shop
An empowered woman breaks into a male-dominated field Teresa Mwonjaru is a 63 years old woman from Thinyaine, Meru County, Kenya. She is...
SIA Team
Mar 12, 20192 min read
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Hand to Mouth No More…
Success stories from three Small Business Fund grant recipients in Nairobi, Kenya. After expanding their entrepreneurial activities, most...
SIA Team
Feb 12, 20191 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Dec 11, 20181 min read
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An unexpected aspect of girls’ empowerment
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...
SIA Team
Sep 4, 20182 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Aug 28, 20182 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Jul 10, 20181 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Jun 19, 20182 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Apr 17, 20182 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Mar 20, 20182 min read
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Entertaining Angels
This post is an excerpt from a sermon I gave at First United Methodist Church of Point Richmond in December 2015. I saw a sign recently...
SIA Team
Feb 13, 20183 min read
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#GivingTuesday – Support entrepreneurs in Malawi and Kenya!
Supporting Families Wilson Nikosi (Manyamula, Malawi) “I did not even have a piece of soap or a blanket. I was using a sack to sleep on....
SIA Team
Nov 28, 20172 min read
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A different way to keep girls in school
When we listen to the needs and solutions of the community, instead of providing our own answers, we sometimes hear something we wouldn’t...
SIA Team
Sep 19, 20172 min read
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Beyond Grants: Rebuilding After Conflict
Rebuilding a life and a community after years of conflict, violence, and trauma is no easy task. The pain doesn’t go away immediately....
SIA Team
Aug 22, 20173 min read
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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...
SIA Team
Aug 15, 20173 min read
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