fight #poverty with @fivetalents [november 1-7]
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In The Unlikely Missionary: From Pew-Warmer to Poverty-Fighter you hear the story about how I found passion and purpose for my faith as I studied the issue of extreme poverty. Then you follow my journey as I discover the impact of microenterprise through sharing the stories of an organization called Five Talents, even as it takes me on [...]
@fivetalents tanzania program featured on @bbc one
Five Talents has been featured as charity of the month on BBC One’s Lifeline program. See the 10-minute broadcast right here… Lifeline is the BBC’s monthly television charity appeal program. In May, Five Talents was the selected charity. For more than 20 years, Lifeline has helped raise money for and increase the profile of hundreds [...]
how a bank is bringing reconcilliation to a sudanese villiage
by Kelli Ross LIETNHOM, SUDAN — For Deng Agei conflict is a part of life. After living through two decades of civil war in South Sudan, relative peace had come to his village of Lietnhom, where he opened a microbusiness and sold a variety of household goods and food items. But conflict found him once [...]
the africa diaries
Amazon.com Widgets In May of 2009 I joined a team of businessmen from around the United States as Five Talents International (FTI) sent us out for a Business as Mission (BAM) Trip to Kenya and Uganda. FTI is a faith-based organization that fights poverty with microfinance. They work in areas where there is extreme poverty [...]
live online q+a: fighting poverty in africa
Lately I’ve really been trying to step up my game with using new tools to develop the community here. I’ve created the BibleDude.net group on Facebook, which is now over 720 members strong. I’ve also recently started using Twitter to connect with people, and have discovered many new frieds there as well. But now I plan [...]
opportunity: invest your talents
Matthew 25:14-30 provides an amazing teaching (in parable) from Jesus in which we learn that if we do not invest our ‘talents’ then we will loose them. Of course there is much more that can be said about this parable, but my emphasis on the “use it or loose it” perspective is intentional. I believe [...]
children of microfinance: fernando in bolivia
by Kelli Ross Fernando is proud to walk to school in his brand new shirt and shoes. “My teacher said that I look really handsome — I love her a lot!” María, Fernando’s mom, started a knitting business in Tarija, Bolivia, with the help of a Five Talents’ partner, Semillas de Bendición (Seeds of Blessing), [...]
children of microfinance: irene in kenya
by Kelli Ross Irene is one of the top students in her 4th grade class, and her mother is very proud of her achievements. Without the help of the Thika Community Development Trust, Irene may not have been able to attend – or have had such success – in school. Jane, Irene’s mom, has been [...]
children of microfinance: rosita in peru
by Kelli Ross Before Five Talents helped, Rosita and her family suffered from severe malnutrition. Six-year-old Rosita Elizabeth and her family had moved from a small Peruvian city in the Amazon jungle. And her parents searched in vain for odd jobs – just to survive in Lima. Rosita in Peru Rosita’s mother (Maria) tells the [...]
children of microfinance: akot in sudan
by Kelli Ross Thanks to the income his mother now earns from her small food business, 10-year-old Akot has begun first grade, the first step toward his dream of becoming a doctor. Ahok, Akot’s mother, used small loans to begin selling prepared food items, like vegetable dishes and sandwiches, in Lietnhom, Sudan. With the income [...]
children of microfinance: atupenda in tanzania
by Kelli Ross Twelve-year-old Atupenda hopes to become a teacher one day. This fifth grader attends school in Kilolo, Tanzania. Her favorite subject is English, and she plays netball after school with her friends. Her mother, Atuitie, recently paid back her first loan of $75 to the Mama Bahati Foundation, a Five Talents microfinance partner [...]
children of microfinance: esther in indonesia
By Kelli Ross Five-year-old Esther is thankful for milk. Since her mother, Phiong, joined GERHATI in Jakarta, Indonesia, and expanded her cake business, her family of six can now afford to buy nutritious food and to pay for Esther’s school fees – she’s in kindergarten this year! Phiong owed a loan shark $820. Without the [...]
