Updates & Insights

From updates in the field and insights about our projects to expert commentary from leading analysts and officials, get the latest news and information from Spirit of America here.

Creating Strong Partnerships through Medical Support in Southern Gabon

by Spirit of America | Jun 10, 2026 | Africa, Featured

Spirit of America recently supported the Bongolo Hospital, a U.S.-staffed facility in southern Gabon, to strengthen its ability to provide emergency care to the local community and to demonstrate America’s commitment to its Gabonese partners. Founded by American missionaries in the 1930s after ...

Strengthening Partnerships and Stability in Libya

by Spirit of America | Africa, Featured

Last month, U.S. Africa Command led Exercise Flintlock, the premier annual special operations ...

Security Starts Before the Sirens: Civil Preparedness on NATO’s Eastern Flank

by Adriana Teluk | Europe, Featured

Citizen Service: The First Line of DefenseAround the world, security is often discussed in ...

Vietnamese children embark upon a literary journey

by Chris Clary | Dec 3, 2014 | Project Updates

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_text] Over the summer I was contacted by a Civil Affairs officer from the 84th Civil Affairs Battalion who had recently returned from Vietnam. While there, she met an ex-patriot, J.T., who was working with the US Embassy to address the...

Countering Extremism through Opportunity in Niger

by Isaac Eagan | Oct 24, 2014 | Project Updates

Greetings, I recently returned from ten days in Niger, the culmination of a project Spirit of America has been working on since the beginning of the year. Niger, just to the north of Nigeria, with Mali to its west, Chad to its east, and northern borders with Libya and...

9/11, Spirit of America, thirteen years

by Jim Hake | Sep 11, 2014 | The American Spirit

Greetings, Thirteen years ago, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, I committed myself to doing something to help. That motivation led me to start Spirit of America. I had always appreciated America's freedoms but, I had also taken them for granted. 9/11 was a wake up...

Empowering women through economic development

by Chris Clary | Sep 3, 2014 | Project Updates

At a critical time, when the government and citizens of Afghanistan are determining the future of the country, the questions have to be asked: Why do Afghan women still face the barriers they do? Why is it that women are still part of the worldwide struggle for...

Remembering Memorial Day

by Jim Hake | May 12, 2014 | The American Spirit

Greetings, America - the land of the free and the home of the brave – has come at a great cost over many generations. From Lexington to Belleau Wood, Normandy to Wanat, some of our best and brightest have given their all. This Memorial Day weekend, all of us at Spirit...

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