ABCs of Five Talents' Micro-Enterprise Development Programs: A Year-End Poem
When we get to this point in the year, some people take time to reflect. Others take time to reaffirm goals and direction. Looking back on the year we’ve had at Five Talents, I came up with this “A to Z” poem which covers a great deal of territory. Enjoy! Here is to a Happy, Healthy New Year!
Around the world all the people and countries I’ve visited in 2013 accentuate the best of things and astound me with their gifts of time, talent and treasure.
Blessings abound while together we build stronger communities and families.
Church support casts a wide net of support and prayers charge each of us with purpose and commitment.
Depending on donations from friends and supporters deepens our appreciation and gratitude and creates dialogue that transforms both the giver and the receiver.
Equipping micro-entrepreneurs empowers them to succeed.
Fairfax, VA. Five Talents found a new home.
Gala and Golf gathers friends and sponsors giving us an opportunity to tell more people about the great things that we do.
Holistic development harnessing a hand up, not a hand-out.
Investing in lives in Indonesia and Iringa demonstrates insight into what transformation is all about.
Jobs are created as women and men juggle schedules and opportunities to jump in and get their businesses up and running
Knowledge is shared.
Long distances are made smaller by leveraging the investments and commitments we have made.
Myanmar is a country full of opportunity millions welcome changes, multiplying resources and investing in dreams.
New beginnings bring natural abilities to the surface and help us nurture the blessings God has given so freely.
Opportunity is connected through open doors and open hearts leading to options untold.
Peru providing access to loans for people who didn’t have access otherwise.
Quotes from women and men tell a quantifiable story of impact and change.
Recycled loans mean that money is reused to benefit again. And again. And again.
Sudan and South Sudan suffering due to terrible conflict and lack of infrastructure; surely we are called to provide services with even greater resolve.
Tanzania takes a leap forward using telephones to facilitate transformation.
Ultimately we are called to unabated work focused on underserved communities around the world.
Village banks visions of what life can be like for virtually anyone who wants to participate.
Work. Hard work. Wonderfully complex walking step by step together.
X-treme poverty: I want to see this X-ed out in my lifetime.
Yearning for a better life for tens of thousands of people. Yes – it is possible.
Zest as we tackle the root causes of poverty and zero in on our goal.












