Credit cards and scams
Second and last session of the financial literacy programme for ESL adult students at Metro South Adult Basic Education (Bloomington and Eden Prairie, MN): after reviewing the topics of the …
Budgeting skills
Budgeting skills for ESL adult learners In January, each class of Metro South Adult Basic Education ESL students in Bloomington, MN, took part in a workshop on budgeting. This week, …
Training of Trainers in Eden Prairie with PROP (MN, USA)
Yesterday, we ran a four-hour Training the Trainers with PROP case managers and family services specialists in Eden Prairie, MN. As families in financial crisis come to see them for …
Budgeting 101
Simple course on budgeting with immigrants at Metro South (MN) this morning. Key word = PRIORITIES!
Sambosa and cookies
Training workshop with Somali mothers tonight in Eden Prairie (MN)… budgeting is like sharing sambosa or cookies.
Budgeting – housewives and volunteers
On Thursday a group of a dozen Somali participants and volunteers attended a 90 minute workshop on budgeting. We broke it down in three steps: every day and monthly expenses …
Navigating the US financial system
Short introduction course for one adult ESL class of Metro South (MN) students today on finance in the US. We read examples of financial offers (those mailed every week to …
USA – the Money Game – students
Today Career & College Academy – Bloomington, MN, invited Sophie to run our “Money game” presentation twice again with high school / university students.We went through the traps and difficulties …
the money game
Today students from Career & College Academy – Bloomington, MN, attended an hour presentation on how to play the money game… avoiding the traps and difficulties of money management, using …
Budgeting workshop – Somali mothers
Tonight was the second session of our (bilingual) training workshop on budgeting and shopping for Somali mothers in Eden Prairie (MN). The first session was about choice and decision; the …