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August 16, 2011
Finance training at disabled centre-Fiji
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
Salaseini Vosamana
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Fiji Times
BASIC financial literacy training has been introduced at the Fiji National Council for Disabled Centre to educate 15 physically-challenged youths on income, expense and budget saving.
The first ever training was part of the National Youth Day celebrations.
Centre women and youth officer Elenoa Lavetiviti said the youths were representatives of various communities.
"The training will enable these youths to be self-sufficient and independent as they will understand the nature of saving," she said.
"They will be able to start their own small businesses through the knowledge they gain from the training.
"They can also share it with their peers in the community so everyone has a better idea of financial literacy."
Facilitator Tom Victor said the objective of the training was to impart to young people the basic steps of utilising funds.
"Our main aim is to educate these youths and make them understand the importance of money and how they can save it," he said.
"There is a high demand for this training because it transforms youths to become reliable and consistent people even though some of them are not well-educated.
"With the current economic crisis, it is important that people are able to manage money wisely."
The training was funded by the Department of Youth and Sports.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=177663
Posted by jicafriends at August 16, 2011 09:05 AM