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Five Talents International

Fighting Poverty, Creating Jobs, Transforming Lives

About Me

Five Talents’ mission is to fight poverty, create jobs and transform lives by empowering the poor in developing countries using innovative savings and microcredit programs, business training and spiritual development.We target the poor at the bottom of the economic ladder using the worldwide grassroots network of the Anglican Communion. We support indigenous institutions working in microenterprise development, primarily through the following services or programs:• Loan capital for the poor.• Consulting services, including assessments, implementation and evaluation of savings and credit projects.• Short-term mission trips for professionals who offer their business skills to fledgling entrepreneurs.• Training and education opportunities for micro-entrepreneurs.• Materials that promote Biblical foundations of business, e.g. accountability, planning and investment.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Everyone desiring to fight poverty. Learn more about Five Talents at www.fivetalents.org.

Movies:

See us on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbiWm0ppdgU

Books:

Kingdom Business. By David Befus; Christian Microenterprise Development: A Handbook. By David Bussau and Russell Mask; Walking with the poor: principles and practices of transformational development. By Bryant L. Myers; The Poor and Their Money: An Essay About Financial Services for Poor People. By Stuart Rutherford; Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity. By Ron Sider.

My Blog

Microenterprise Development in Sudan

By Jim OakesI spent a week in early December in Lietnhom, Sudan, helping to launch Five Talents' latest microenterprise development initiative. It was not what I expected.During the past eight years, ...
Posted by Five Talents International on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:20:00 PST

Five Talents UK volunteer working in Uganda

Visit http://www.stlee.co.uk/ to read the blog of Simon Lee, a Five Talents UK volunteer who has been working with Five Talents Uganda in microenterprise development since November 2006....
Posted by Five Talents International on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:44:00 PST

Volunteer working with Five Talents in Peru

Visit http://teachingpeopletofish.blogspot.com/ to read the blog of Erik Josephson, a Five Talents UK volunteer who is working with the Anglican Diocese of Peru and ECLOF Peru in microenterprise&...
Posted by Five Talents International on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:41:00 PST

Reflections on Peru

Helga Buck Five Talents Director of Operations I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of the trip to Lima, Perú this past May. Although I have worked in the area of relief and develop...
Posted by Five Talents International on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:55:00 PST

A Higher Goal

By Craig ColeFive Talents Executive DirectorI didn't know the hell these 14 women had been through because their smiles and enthusiasm showed no scars of the past as I walked into the crowded room in ...
Posted by Five Talents International on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:33:00 PST

Business As Mission trip to Uganda and Tanzania

Cavin Philbin, small business ownerBellingham, WashingtonSt. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bellingham, WashingtonAs many of you know, I traveled to Uganda and Tanzania on a Business as Mission trip in Augu...
Posted by Five Talents International on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:30:00 PST