“We know it’s hard for you to see the outcomes of our work because it’s not like we can show you piglets or a building or anything,” the...

This is an excerpt from the sermon Tanya Cothran gave at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond, in October 2023. If you'd like Tanya to...

When I was scheduling my visit with Reach Girls last month, the fact that it was Independence Day in Malawi wasn’t an issue. “That’s...

The Tubunganire Women is a collective of ten savings and loans groups, totally about 300 members, in rural Ryansoro, Burundi. The hill of...

Written by Elizabeth Stanley, SIA Administrator SIA Partner TAI Community-Based Organization (TAI CBO) in Kenya works to improve the...

Written by Elizabeth Stanley, SIA Admin Several of our partners have been very busy planting fields and tending to gardens, which...

Visionary Women’s Centre (VWC) is one of Spirit in Action’s multi-year partners. This is year three of a three-year commitment to support...

Procession of girls and their parents after graduating from CIFORD's Alternative Rite of Passage program. Together, they chant, "Say NO...

Excerpt from a sermon by Tanya Cothran to the United Methodist Church in Point Richmond, CA, in October 2022. One of the groups applying...

Our African Advisory Board was on the ground with many of our Spirit in Action Grant Partners this past month to check up on the progress...

Winkley (pictured above) is the Coordinator of the Manyamula COMSIP Cooperative and has been hard at work to get a machine that filters...

The motto on the front page of Spirit in Action’s website is “Supporting Grassroots Solutions.” That means we look to local organizations...

By Gloria J. Since its conception in 2010, Manyamula Community Savings and Investment Promotion (COMSIP), in partnership with Spirit In...

This week's blog post is an excerpt from my sharing at United Methodist Church, Point Richmond last month. If you would like me to speak...

Today's post is from the SIA Partner Empowering Communities as Actors for Transforming Communities (e-CATS) in Kibera, Kenya. The e-CATS...

Last month, Spirit in Action African Advisory Board Member Wabmui Nguyo flew from Nairobi up to the Samburu National Reserve. This windy,...

Over the weekend, the SIA North American Board and the African Advisory Board met to review our grantmaking strategy, and to begin...

In the last few years, SIA has begun supporting more of our partner organizations with grants for staff salaries. Grants for overhead??...

Fred Kiserem (pictured below) was working in a café in Iraq when he suddenly fell down and started jerking. When he woke up, a friend...

Women around Turbo in Western Kenya are excited about the Mothers’ Support Programme expanding in their rural district. The program is...