APPEC, our partner in DR Congo, piloted an adaptation of our training workshop for low income families in the suburb of Kinshasa. The workshop focused on how to manage an irregular income (we took the example of a lady making and selling soap bars), how to record business expenses separately from personal expenses and calculate…
Today, Mr. S., farmer and father of three, is attending a financial literacy workshop. As the facilitator introduces himself, Mr. S’s mind wanders. He left his wife and eldest son to take care of the animals. It may rain this afternoon and he’d rather be in the field now. The first exercise is easy but…
Soieries du Mekong conducted a more thorough training on Money Management with the Silk weavers in 5 sessions (following the two review sessions done in 2008 and 2009). “We think all the activities are really interesting for the staff even if the motivation is different between some women and others. The first session we had…
In September 2010, This Life Cambodia (TLC (http://www.thislifecambodia.org/) conducted a training on money management in Krabei Riel Community (Siem Reap Province) following a+b=3’s training the trainers and thanks to Barclays Bank funding. End of July, TLC used the Participatory Rural Appraisal technique to analyse the local problems, root cause and find solutions. One major problem in the target…