Impact of financial literacy

Women’s Resource Center (Siem Reap, Cambodia) has shared an update on the financial literacy programme we helped them improve: read WRC’s blog. photo: courtesy of Women’s Resource Center

Small business training in Indonesia

Last November, Alexandra, a volunteer for Planete Urgences, facilitated a 10 day workshop in Mahakam (Kalimantan East), Indonesia. The focus of the project was empowering local women to start a business. …

Training the Trainers – JJJ Her Fund

Second part of our project with JJJ / Her Fund- a workshop on investment. Today was the TOT.  Great discussions and smiles (yes!) Learning from stories Understanding basic investment products …

Workshop for Hong Kong women

Following January’s pilot, Sannie (a+b=3) ran a basic financial literacy workshop for JJJ/Her-Fund on March 12 and 19. The workshop helps women set a budget, explore how to control spending …

Grassroots pilot training in Hong Kong

On January 21 and 28, a+b=3 conducted a pilot workshop for a Hong Kong based grassroots organisation supported by HERFund. Sanny and Myriam, through various stories and participatory activities, focused …

Social impact

The RFI journalists interviewed a Soieries du Mekong silk weaver who attended our financial education training in 2007. Thanks to the training, she explained that she learned how to save …

Les Soieries du Mekong

Les Soieries du Mekong is a social enterprise based in Banteay Chhmar, Banteay Mancheay Province (Cambodia), who has re-launched the production of high quality hand-made silk weaving, which helps support …