NGOs - Where we are
Our programmes are implemented by the following partners:
- In Hong Kong:
- enrich offers our programmes for Migrant Workers.
- Grassroots organisations are being trained to implement our programme for low income Cantonese Women, sponsored by The Women's Foundation.
- In Cambodia: Soieries du Mekong in Banteay Chmar, Enfants du Mekong and Salabai offer our low income courses for teenagers and adults.
- In the Philippines: we have co-developed a financial education programmes for schools and adults with Pioneer Foundation.
- In China: following our training the trainer programme in Yunnan, several organisations have started implementing financial education programmes. We are also working on a pilot program with the Responsible Sourcing Deparment of the UK Group, Mothercare.
- We are now present in the USA. We launched a pilot programme for migrant workers in Minnesota. Contact us or phone us (952.465.8185)
Hong Kong
Migrant workers:
Our main partner in Hong Kong is enrich who offers Good Habits with Money™ and Good Planning with Money™ in English, Tagalog and Bahasa Indonesia.
Low income local women:
Our courses are sponsored by The Women Foundation and we are currently at the pilot phase. We have developed two programmes: Personal Enrichment on confidence, negotiation and personal finance and Introduction to Entrepreneurship on how to set up a business.
Our courses have also been taught in the following organisations:
- Christian Action
- YWCA
- YMCA
- Islamic Union of Hong Kong
- Rhenish Church
- Church of the Latter Days
Christian Action’s Service Centre for Domestic Helpers Church of Latter Days – Hong Kong – August 2007
and Migrant Workers - October 2006 (HK)
Rhenish Church – May 2007 (Hong Kong) Training project for low income women in Hong Kong (2008)
Cambodia
We are currently working with the French charities:
and have facilitated our financial literacy programmes :
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to adults in Sisophon (Cambodia)
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to silk weavers in Banteay Chmear (Cambodia)
- to trainers in Phnom Penh and Sisophon (Cambodia) so that they regularly teach financial education programmes and have a tangible long term impact.
Money Essentials™ in Sisophon, Cambodia, May 2007
Training the Trainers workshop in Sisophon, Cambodia, December 2007
Training the Trainers workshop in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 2009
The Philippines:
We facilitated our course Money Starters™ for teenagers with Enfants du Mekong in Cebu in 2007.
We have co-developed a financial education programmes for schools and adults with Pioneer Foundation.
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Money Starters ™: a group of students brainstorm on banks and write a budget. Cebu, Philippines June 2007
China
We organised a Training the Trainers programme in Kunming (2008) in cooperation with GFEP (MicroFinance Opportunities and Freedom from Hunger). Since then, several organisations (World Vision, Pact International, Aids Care China) in Yunnan Province have started implementing financial education training.
Trainers’ workshop in Kunming (2008) Pilot training for Mothercare factory (Zhongshan, 2009)
We are also working on a pilot training programme for migrant workers facilitated in their factory: this pioneer project is initiated by the UK corporation Mothercare.
USA
Our US office is in Minnesota. In June 2009, we ran a pilot programme for migrant workers attending English as a Second Language classes. The focus of this training is to integrate financial education basics, with language acquisition and information for migrants on US financial services.