Mobile technology brings increased productivity and is transforming efforts to empower the poor. Learn more in this short reflection and video from Five Talents in Tanzania.
Five Talents works with leaders in Myanmar to help communities find a sustainable way out of poverty while responding to current challenges such as Covid-19.
Imagine if you never had the opportunity to learn how to read and write. Discover how the church in South Sudan is helping to reduce illiteracy among one of the world’s most vulnerable groups.
The creation of cooperative businesses is a major component of Five Talents work in Myanmar. Ohwn is a rice and beans farmer in the Irawaddy Delta region of Myanmar and recently formed a cooperative business with fellow savings group members.
South Sudan Community Bank is opening opportunities for subsistence level farmers and their families. Access to savings and loans enables many to send their children to school for the first time.
Eviction and resettlement are common for the urban poor of Indonesia. Migrants in search of opportunity in the city find a cycle of poverty and displacement.
The Batwa of Burundi have suffered great loss. They are a marginalized community struggling to find their place in modern Africa. Learn how financial inclusion builds bridges and creates new hope and opportunity.
Microfinance refers to a variety of financial services offered to the working poor. Microfinance products may include loans, savings, insurance, or other financial products and tend to be for very small amounts of money.
Vicenta is a poultry vendor in Southeastern Bolivia. As a member of a Five Talents' savings group she's received training and access to loans to develop her business.
In this interview, Supiati, a micro-business owner outside of Jakarta, shares her story and discusses the impact her husband's medical condition has had on her income-generating activities.
