Global Impact

Partnering with local churches around the world, Five Talents trains men and women, mostly women living in extreme poverty, to read and write, form community savings groups, take out loans, and develop small businesses.

OUR Typical ParticipanTS

Most Effective Charities and charity impact

  • Earn less than $1.90/day

  • Unemployed or subsistence level farmers

  • Live in rural, underserved communities

  • 80% women

  • Have 5-7 dependents

  • Begin by saving about $1 per week.

  • Develop a business with an initial loan of $30 to $50.

Most Effective Charity. Meet a Community Savings Group and learn about Charity Impact

Our Community Savings Groups

  • Have 15-25 members

  • Meet on a weekly basis

  • Develop their own constitution

  • Appoint their own leadership

  • Establish separate Emergency or Social Insurance Funds

  • Graduate within one to two years

  • Earn an average of 10% interest on savings

  • Achieve over 90% loan repayment

Learn more about our proven model.

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Since 2000

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Rigorous monitoring and Evaluation

Five Talents monitors its programs through semiannual portfolio and financial reports as well as semiannual and annual narrative reports. In addition, Five Talents maintains ongoing contact with program leaders and conducts regular monitoring visits. Download our latest Impact Reports.