Subject: My inner Girl Scout
My inner Girl Scout
March 7th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTFriend, Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, as evidenced in my pantry! As a former Girl Scout, I admit that I was a little obsessed with earning my badges, each one representing a new skill I had mastered or an act of service that developed my chara ...
Five Talents in the media!
February 29th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Five Talents’ CEO Liz Ha has an opinion piece in this month's Global South Development Magazine showing why microenterprise works well to reduce poverty among the world's most vulnerable. Read the article here: https://www.gsdmagazine. ...
How are we doing? Let us know!
February 22nd, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Want an easy way to help Five Talents? Take our 2 minute survey and let us know how best we can communicate with you about our work! Only six questions with three multiple choice answers. We really value your opinion and hope you will pa ...
"Sewing" a good harvest
February 15th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDT“Sewing” a Good Harvest Together: La Buena Cosecha Savings Groups’ Video Story Dear Friend, A brave group of women from Bolivia is using their combined sewing, weaving and braiding skills to support one another. Their Five Talents Savings Group ...
Bearing fruit abundantly
February 8th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Five Talents’ newest program, in Rwanda, started in 2022 and has already borne fruit. Some of you may know the country from the film Hotel Rwanda, which depicted the true story of genocide 20 years ago. It’s hard to believe how muc ...
Barely treading water
January 25th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, Five Talents program participants and trainers will likely face more economic challenges in the coming year. According to the World Bank, Sub Saharan Africa, where Five Talents works, accounts for about 60% of the world’s extre ...
A graduation like no other
January 18th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, We were heartened to receive these photos of the recent graduation ceremony for the Juba, South Sudan Literacy Groups. It is always an exciting moment when group members are accredited as literate. These 400 women and men have worked lon ...
A partnership toward healing
January 11th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, We are grateful to have impactful partnerships that strengthen our efforts in the regions where we serve, particularly the one we have with American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans (AFRECS). I invited retired US Ambassador ...
What you helped accomplish
January 4th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTDear Friend, As I enter this new year, I am filled with a deep reservoir of gratitude. Oftentimes, I share inspiring stories of what our Five Talents entrepreneurs must overcome to start their businesses. What does not often get shared are the storie ...
One day left! Let’s make some noise!
December 30th, 2023 at 10:00 am EDTReminder - Only one day left to get in your 2023 year-end donation to Five Talents! Let’s make a joyful noise! Our literacy and savings groups depend on you for trainers and training material so they can thrive and grow as successful entrepreneur ...