By Ileana Leyba de Villegas | Project Leader. Executive Director to JA Venezuela
We fell very happy. As the cherry to our cake, we have closed this year of operations being enabled to provide financial preparation for 70 new youngsters that will know how to improve their Christmas budget through the Personal Finance programs we have implemented at school thanks to our donors.
Although we have not yet received funds allocated by our donors for this project along the year, we are sure we will count on these at any time from now on so we have taken in advance the decision of beginning our training at a Technical High School , where students are prepared for jobs within the administrative area for them to finance their livelyhood and further university studies.
Following our model of implementing our donors funds through prepared volunteers at schools or community centers attending low income populations, we have based our training on Personal Finance tools created to help people better understand how to use their money wisely to face their monthly expenses without loosing in the process while they learn and understand concepts as credit, debit or investment tools, in order to cover expenses, avoiding financial problems or personal loses for them and their families.
These programs class sessions have been implemented by university volunteers from the Economics Faculty of the most recognized National University formed by our organization, who have taught these young people intelligent ways to manage their actual and future budgets. These knowledge will be the basis for them to consolidate their finances or their future entrepreneur initiative, considering they are gaining the tools for a wise beginning.
We are very thankful to Mr. Andrew McGregor, the most consistent donor we have had, who has consistently donated to complete the small amount we have accumulated at the end of the year that allow us to continue with this education initiative, until we have completed the amount needed for a bank transference thanks to an anonymous donor to whom we also elevate an enourmeous "Thank You for all you have done for us".
The program still alive, thanks to our donors!
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