Subject: What's In Your Water Bottle?
What's In Your Water Bottle?
April 19th, 2021 at 8:34 am EDTGood Monday morning, Two years ago we had the privilege of spending time with Five Talents literacy and savings groups in South Sudan. Our driver at the time was a wonderful man named Peter. He was incredibly gifted at navigating difficult roads and ...
Today and Tomorrow Only. . .
April 14th, 2021 at 11:00 am EDT“I was poor…I could not be with others, I did not have clean clothes and I was ashamed to attend church…When I first joined the (Five Talents) program, I did not see the importance of literacy. I was an adult who could not read or write, but th ...
Soon We Will Dance Again
April 12th, 2021 at 9:01 am EDTDear friend, As I was reading a reflection recently, I thought about how this global pandemic has kept many of us from celebrating and dancing at weddings. Some of us have missed mourning together in person at funerals. Thousands of years ago, the pr ...
Hope Rises
April 5th, 2021 at 9:15 am EDTGood Monday morning, Yesterday Christians around the world celebrated Easter. Amidst the ongoing pandemic the celebration took various forms. Many families worshipped from their homes as new lockdowns have closed churches in parts of Kenya, while ong ...
Seven Steps to Financial Health
March 29th, 2021 at 7:57 am EDTDear friend, Sara Eva have trained entrepreneurs across Bolivia for the past 10+ years. When the Covid19 crisis began they developed a new digital tool to reach families. They call it “Seven Steps to Financial Health.” With short audio messages i ...
Business as a Blessing
March 22nd, 2021 at 8:48 am EDTDear friend, Staff here at Five Talents had an important and productive meeting this week with our friends at the Chalmers Center. For almost 20 years, Five Talents has been contextualizing to local culture and translating Chalmers curriculum to hel ...
Be a Matchmaker!
March 18th, 2021 at 11:21 am EDTDear Friend, Will you be a matchmaker and change someone’s life? Until April 15th your gift to Five Talents will be matched up to $50,000! Recently, you received an email highlighting the story of Fidelite, a single mom with six children whose life ...
The Power of Graduation
March 15th, 2021 at 10:33 am EDTDear friend, We had a series of interviews this week with candidates for a new Five Talents position. It was great to see how people with dedication and skill have been drawn to our work. As we were discussing what makes Five Talents special and effe ...
VIDEO: Celebrating International Women's Day
March 8th, 2021 at 8:29 am EDTDear friend, Good Monday morning. Today is International Women’s Day. At Five Talents we’re celebrating women who’ve overcome great odds to build a brighter future for their families and communities. In this short video from Burundi meet one in ...
One Year Ago. . . A Message from Myanmar
March 1st, 2021 at 10:23 am EDTDear friend, Please join me in this inspiring message from Maria Owen, our Program Manager working with our partners in Myanmar:It’s surreal to think of what life was like for all of us a year ago, just as news of the Coronavirus began to emerge ar ...