Subject: How did you know?
How did you know?
March 28th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTFriend, How do you know you are loved? Personally, the acts of love that have moved me most, are the ones that I know have come at a cost. I most poignantly know my husband loves me when he sacrifices to serve me at a cost to himself. Today is Maun ...
Investing in Agatha
March 21st, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTClick here to help 5,000 more entrepreneurs get started!Friend, Agatha started three different businesses, beginning with only a $1.60 bag of candy she sold by the road. Now the successful single mother and entrepreneur from Rwanda has both a cassa ...
Agatha's Story
March 14th, 2024 at 4:00 pm EDTClick here and your donation will be doubled!Friend, The weight of rejection at a time of personal crisis is a heavy blow. Agatha, a 24 year-old single mother from Rwanda fell in love in high school with a man who left her before their baby boy ...
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 cha ...
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.gsdmagazin ...
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 ...
"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 Gro ...
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 m ...
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 ext ...
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 l ...
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