Friends-International Laos team provided money management training in Vientiane, Laos. Money management is an integral part of FI’s job readiness training, which teaches people essential skills in preparation of getting an employment. The money management training was created following FI’s participation in a+b=3’s financial literacy workshop.
From April 8 to 10, Enfants du Mekong’s social workers and trainers attended a training workshop to help them roll out a programme on money management for their scholars. Lenlen Mesina, our long-term partner Enrich’s advisor, facilitated these 3 days. The programme consists of four workshops – one per university year- where gradually students will…
Second day of our training the trainers with APPEC in Kinshasa. After reviewing yesterday’s main points, we talked about debts and their impact. This allowed us to review how to calculate a budget, understand the difference between commitments and other expenses, and look at an example of a daily spending limit. Participants also reflected on…
The Director of Sokone Private High School, Mr. Dieng, gave us a tour of his school and its new building to discuss students’ needs for practical money management skills. He also showed us the agricultural land where students grow vegetables.
Two short workshops in Sokone, first with young people, organised by the Amadou Dème Foundation and then with women from GIE UTAS..
Students in year 1 at Children of Asia in Phnom Penh have to pay for their living expenses. This is challenging as for many this is the first time they have to manage money, and living in a big city like Phnom Penh offers (too) many temptations to spend. To help them, a+b=3 runs a…
ISM Dakar has opened its doors for a half-day workshop on money management. A few students, and especially teachers and employees, have been actively involved in various activities: setting priorities, budgeting, recording expenses, calculating daily spending limit, practical tips for controlling expenses, educating children about managing money. Many thanks to ISM and today’s participants. …
At their request after last Sunday’s money management workshop, some ESUP Master’s students took part in an introductory entrepreneurship training which started with a simulation: participants set up a small business and ran it for a few days. Then the training covered how to start a business, setting prices, the importance of the customer (no…
Today ESUP Dakar invited a + b = 3 to give a one-hour presentation on money management for a hundred undergraduate students. For most of them, this is the first time they have to manage a monthly income (money sent by their parents) and very few write down their expenses or know what a budget…
Sitor Ndour, the general director of 2IM – Institut International de Management – in Dakar invited Sophie (a+b=3) to deliver a speech at 2IM’s graduation party, in the presence of the Minister of Higher Education. Sophie told students to forget about how much they get as salary, but to rather keep their spending limit in…