"There is a time for UN aid, I myself was a recipient as a child. But I don’t want my people to always need UN aid. We have to move past being dependent on this. This is why the work of Five Talents is so important. I have seen the difference it has made."
Archbishop Abraham Yel Nhial, South Sudan, church leader and former Lost Boy
In South Sudan, where over 90% of our members have been displaced by conflict, savings groups are helping families resettle, recover from trauma, rebuild livelihoods, and move from surviving on aid to investing in their own futures.
Since 2007, Five Talents has worked in South Sudan to provide access to learning and savings groups. We focus on remote, low-income areas where communities have no formal banking options and limited infrastructure due to conflict and underinvestment.
Working with World Concern and Mothers’ Union, we support locally led savings groups that offer secure savings and community loans. Members use these to start and grow small businesses, supporting their families with food, medical care, and school fees.
As savings groups thrive, they form strong bonds and build financial resilience, which echoes out through the whole community.
We operate in 7 regions, including Juba, Renk, and Wau.
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A Fresh Hope for Displaced People in South Sudan: How Savings Groups are Rebuilding Lives and Communities
This special World Refugee Day research brief from Anne Figge, part of Five Talents’ Global Programme Team, shares fresh insights into how savings groups are helping some of South Sudan’s most vulnerable people, both internally displaced people (IDPs) and returnees, to recover, resettle and thrive after conflict and loss.