While supporting poor children to go to school, Enfants du Mékong does not take that responsibility away from their parents. It is with this in mind that social workers in Phnom Penh invited us to run a training workshop for parents who have their own business (selling cakes, raising chickens, washing cars …). In two…
On 14, 15 and 16 August 2019, 23 members of ASCOVI (the Food Consumers’ Association) who run small businesses participated in a money management training organised with the technical support of a + b = 3 and APPEC. The first day focused on the management of family money (spending priorities, budget, how to avoid debts,…
Since they attended a+b=3 training the trainers last year, Enfants du Mekong Cambodia’s social workers have been rolling out the “Money Management for families” workshop in Sisophon and Phnom Penh. The training focuses on the main issue faced by families: debt. The objective is to reduce the recourse to debt due to lack of planning,…
Today, participants to the Training the Trainers from GIZ’s local partners facilitated the Business Literacy module 1 in two villages: one near the Nam Ha National Bio-Diversity Conservation Area and one in the Vieng Phou Kha district (ເມືອງວຽງພູຄາ). Participants enjoyed the story (used as a case study throughout the session) and the bookkeeping game (nice…
Today we practised module 1 on business basics: profit calculation and bookkeeping.
For our third day of training the trainers, we finished the practise sessions, watched some examples of training implementation done with other organisations then reviewed a few key points on budgeting. Then participants set up a small shop and ran it, competing with each other. This (once again well appreciated) game enabled us to learn…
Today, participants practised facilitating different training examples for different target groups: farmers with yearly income, small traders with daily income, factory workers with regular monthly income, farmers with different sources of income (vegetables, craft) on an irregular weekly basis. Beside improving their facilitation skills, participants also get to learn the logical structure of a training…
For this second week with GIZ Laos and the support of Australian AID and Bank of Laos, and our partners EDC, we are running the same Training the Trainers but this time in Luang Namtha, in the North of Laos, with other participants. Today was split in three parts: Better understand what financial education is…
Today, we went to two villages in Champassak to pilot the Business Literacy module 1 and observed GIZ and its local partners’ team facilitate it. The bookkeeping game kept everyone engaged.
This morning participants practised facilitating the first module of the GIZ-AFP business literacy programme that they experienced yesterday. This gave the opportunity to give feedback on some facilitating techniques. Then they discovered module 2 that aims to encourage villagers to find new business/income-generating ideas. Through a story, the module addresses the need to assess who…