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Create a Job: Cow in Kenya
A mature milking cow costs $300 in Kenya. A cow like this provides a family with a steady income from milk sales as well as boosting the family's overall nutrition! (Send up to 20 Ecards.)
You've transformed a life
After teaching for nine years, and with a growing family, Magdaline Wangari decided to start raising chickens and cows to supplement both her and her husband’s teacher salaries.
In 2007, she joined a Five Talents savings group in Thika, Kenya, and immediately began saving. With her first loan, she was able to buy a cow. In Kenya, a mature milking cow costs $300. She now has two cows, which are milked in the morning and afternoon – she then sells the milk to her regular customers.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Magdaline in Kenya, provide an education for their children!
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After teaching for nine years, and with a growing family, Magdaline Wangari decided to start raising chickens and cows to supplement both her and her husband’s teacher salaries.
In 2007, she joined a Five Talents savings group in Thika, Kenya, and immediately began saving. With her first loan, she was able to buy a cow. In Kenya, a mature milking cow costs $300. She now has two cows, which are milked in the morning and afternoon – she then sells the milk to her regular customers.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Magdaline in Kenya, provide an education for their children!
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7870
Create a Job: Weaving Machine in Peru
A weaving machine costs $250 in Peru. This type of machine is used to weave, knit and embroider a variety of garments! (Send up to 15 Ecards.)
Weaving Machine in Peru
Zenovia specializes in weaving, knitting and embroidering festival blouses, which she sells in Yauli, Peru. And, because her husband works in a mine far away from their home – jobs are hard to find in their village – Zenovia is the day-to-day provider for their four children. To start her garment business in Peru, she bought a weaving machine for $250.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Zenovia in Peru, gain confidence in their ability to provide for their families!
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Zenovia specializes in weaving, knitting and embroidering festival blouses, which she sells in Yauli, Peru. And, because her husband works in a mine far away from their home – jobs are hard to find in their village – Zenovia is the day-to-day provider for their four children. To start her garment business in Peru, she bought a weaving machine for $250.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Zenovia in Peru, gain confidence in their ability to provide for their families!
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Create a Job: Rope-making in India
Materials to make a coconut fiber rope for a month cost $115 in India. The income from this type of business can provide a family of four with food for three meals a day and money for school fees. (Send up to 6 Ecards.)
Rope-making in India
When Valliyammal’s husband died suddenly, she not only lost her spouse and the father of her two daughters but also the financial provider of her family. Her daughters were forced to quit school and the now three-member family could only afford to eat one or two, meals a day.
Women in Valliyammal’s village knew of her struggles and invited her to join their Self-Help Group. After joining, she took a loan to start a rope-making business out of her home. A month's supply of materials to make coconut fiber rope cost $115.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Valliyammal in India, provide three meals a day and an education for their families!
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When Valliyammal’s husband died suddenly, she not only lost her spouse and the father of her two daughters but also the financial provider of her family. Her daughters were forced to quit school and the now three-member family could only afford to eat one or two, meals a day.
Women in Valliyammal’s village knew of her struggles and invited her to join their Self-Help Group. After joining, she took a loan to start a rope-making business out of her home. A month's supply of materials to make coconut fiber rope cost $115.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Valliyammal in India, provide three meals a day and an education for their families!
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Create a Job: Sewing Machine in Tanzania
A sewing machine in Tanzania costs $85. With the income from a tailoring business, an entreprenuer can establish an emergency fund to pay for unexpected medical bills. (Send 4 Ecards.)
You've Transformed a Life
When Grace’s husband needed transportation to receive medical care from a hospital in Dar es Salaam, she used profits from her sewing business to pay the bills. In Tanzania, her sewing machine costs $85.
Grace is a seamstress specializing in luxury items such as dresses, smocked cushions, embroidered tablecloths and napkins. It is this business that has provided her family with an emergency fund that she used when her husband became sick.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Grace in Tanzania, establish an emergency fund for their families!
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When Grace’s husband needed transportation to receive medical care from a hospital in Dar es Salaam, she used profits from her sewing business to pay the bills. In Tanzania, her sewing machine costs $85.
Grace is a seamstress specializing in luxury items such as dresses, smocked cushions, embroidered tablecloths and napkins. It is this business that has provided her family with an emergency fund that she used when her husband became sick.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like Grace in Tanzania, establish an emergency fund for their families!
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7888
Create a Job: Business Skills Training in Sudan
Access to business skills training costs $50 for one entrepreneur in rural Sudan. This training empowers and teaches them how to save, start a business and market their products. (Send 2 Ecards.)
You've Transformed a Life
Due to decades of war in South Sudan, entire generations have not had the opportunity to gain an education. Nearly 80% of Southern Sudanese cannot read or write. Therefore, Five Talents is implementing a business skills training program, alongside a literacy program, to empower women to become community leaders as well as develop their capacity to save and start a business. The cost of this training is $50 per entrepreneur.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like women in South Sudan, gain access to basic financial services and business skills training!
Visit www.FiveTalents.org for more stories like this!
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Due to decades of war in South Sudan, entire generations have not had the opportunity to gain an education. Nearly 80% of Southern Sudanese cannot read or write. Therefore, Five Talents is implementing a business skills training program, alongside a literacy program, to empower women to become community leaders as well as develop their capacity to save and start a business. The cost of this training is $50 per entrepreneur.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like women in South Sudan, gain access to basic financial services and business skills training!
Visit www.FiveTalents.org for more stories like this!
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Create a Job: Empanadas in Bolivia
Ingredients to make 150 empanadas cost $20 in Bolivia. Making empanadas is a savings group activity in Bolivia, where members are also taught how to market and price their products, allowing them to gain business skills. (Send 1 Ecard.)
You've Transformed a Life
Empanadas – or deep fried pockets of meat or vegetables – are a very popular dish is Bolivia. So, as part of a savings group meeting, Sara and Eva Mamani, group trainers, teach the members how to make these tasty treats. With their new skills, some women have started empanada businesses in their neighborhoods. And, as part of the teaching, Eva includes short lessons on the meaning of work, how one might market their products and how to determine prices for the empanadas. In Bolivia, it costs $20 for the ingredients to make 150 empanadas.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like women in Bolivia, gain skills to start their own business!
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Empanadas – or deep fried pockets of meat or vegetables – are a very popular dish is Bolivia. So, as part of a savings group meeting, Sara and Eva Mamani, group trainers, teach the members how to make these tasty treats. With their new skills, some women have started empanada businesses in their neighborhoods. And, as part of the teaching, Eva includes short lessons on the meaning of work, how one might market their products and how to determine prices for the empanadas. In Bolivia, it costs $20 for the ingredients to make 150 empanadas.
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs, like women in Bolivia, gain skills to start their own business!
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Create a Job: Chickens in Kenya
Three mature chickens cost $15 in Kenya. These chickens provide a daily supply of eggs to sell as well as a source of protein for families! (Send 1 Ecard.)
You've Transformed a Life
When Anastasia and her husband David needed some additional income to pay for their children’s school fees, they decided to take out a loan from their savings group in Thika, Kenya, to buy some chickens. In Kenya, mature chickens cost $5 each. They now have a flock of 300 chickens, which produce 8 trays of eggs every day – each
tray sells for $3!
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs like Anastasia and David provide an education for their children!
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When Anastasia and her husband David needed some additional income to pay for their children’s school fees, they decided to take out a loan from their savings group in Thika, Kenya, to buy some chickens. In Kenya, mature chickens cost $5 each. They now have a flock of 300 chickens, which produce 8 trays of eggs every day – each
tray sells for $3!
With this gift to Five Talents, you have helped entrepreneurs like Anastasia and David provide an education for their children!
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