Partnering for change: Haiti
Posted in News on July 10, 2020
Posted in News on July 10, 2020
In June 2020, we signed an agreement with the Central Bank of Haiti and the Ministry of Education in Haiti.
This five-year partnership aims to help develop and deliver social and financial education to children and young people throughout Haiti.
The First National Financial Education Plan, intends to encourage saving behaviours among individuals and families. It aims to introduce financial education in the school system and hopes to reach entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers and rural people, vulnerable populations, migrants and their families, and all active users of the financial system in general.
The plan focuses on six key areas:
′′We are happy to join this important initiative and contribute to a shared mission to promote quality life skills and financial education for children and youth in Haiti, training them to make positive change for a sustainable future.
Aflatoun International will provide technical support, development of capabilities and collaboration for the implementation into national schools. All working to help achieve sustainable development goals, including poverty reduction,′′ Roeland Monasch, CEO, Aflatoun International.