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The Weekly Window: Caring for the Poor's Health Needs in Indonesia

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A child says "ahhh" at a free health clinic held in April by Five Talents' partner in Indonesia GERHATI. The organization's "Kids Day" promotion encouraged parents in an impoverished Jakarta community to bring their children and young adults in for check-ups and medical consultations.

Five Talents helped to found GERHATI in 2005. The local organization works with authorities and a national NGO named Perkantas in the slums of Jakarta to provide healthcare (among other services) to people in the predominantly Muslim community.

This is just one example of Five Talents' holistic approach to empowering the poor. Besides providing loan capital, Five Talents and its local partners set up savings and loan groups, provide business skills training and spiritual mentorship, and -- in some cases -- offer other non-financial services, such as financial literacy in Burundi, and health clinics in Indonesia.

To read more about GERHATI's health clinics, click here.

To see more photos from the April health clinic, follow Five Talents on the free photo sharing app Instagram, available both for iPhones and Android devices.

 

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