Education Philippines Project #4881

Teach 15,000 rural kids to save and invest

by NATCCO (National Confederation of Cooperatives)

Teach 15,000 rural kids to save and invest

Project Report | Jun 3, 2020
Transforming Lives from Traditional to Digital

By Hazel Ann Lenida | Youth Program Officer III

NATCCO Youth Webinar Participants

When the novel coronavirus strucked the world, almost everything was put on hold. The same happened with our organization here in the Philippines. To prioritize the safety and health of our cooperative partners and as well as our team, we in NATCCO had to cancel our planned activities for the year.

We are still currently adjusting to this new setup and we are convinced that we may not be able to do our usual activities such as trainings and big events the same as before. It might take months, maybe a year, before we can go back to our old practices.

With this in mind and the fear that we might not be able to serve our members, especially the Youth, we made the decision to turn things around and took the challenge to finally make use of existing and more modern technology. With a few adjustments along the way, our team was able to develop and transform training modules into relevant webinar topics.

For the past month, we had been busy conducting online seminars and workshop thru our official Facebook Page, Aflatoun Philippines. Our aim was to further develop the skills of our young leaders and make sure to provide an avenue for learning even during these time while we are all on lockdown.

Last April 22, we had the free webinar about Social Media Literacy. We believed that this was helpful most especially because almost eveyone on the Philippines, even children as young as 9 years old, have access and uses various social media platforms. We also had the free Basic Video Editing Webinar and Workshop which just showed, thru the number of participants, how some of our educators are preparing for the major adjustment in our education system—online classes.

Though some faced inconveniences with their internet connection, we were still able to cater to a total of 102 participants coming from different parts of the region. These participants were a mix of Youth leaders, educators, trainers, coordinators and advocates.

We are planning to continue offering these free webinars until such time that we can go back to our normal ways. Hope you'll still be with us through this tough and dark times. Thank you for your support!

Till next update!

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Jan 24, 2020
Creating Opportunities for the Youth: A Story from our Central Visayas Partner, PHCCI

By Prim Rose Sarmiento-Santiago | PHCCI Aflatoun and Youth Coordinator

PHCCI's Laboratory Cooperative Officers

Inspiring a child to save a single peso a day is an investment. Aflatoun is not just a program, it is an influencer. It only did not inspire children but motivate them to become champions in their own capacity. For seven years of building partnerships with school and the community, Perpertual Help Community Cooperative (PHCCI) in Dumaguete CIty has put an indelible mark in the hearts of the Aflatoun Savers and their parents. The strong bond of PHCCI and the partner schools has created a community that has built bridges of strong relationship between the cooperative, the school and the parents.

PHCCI and Aflatoun Program has always received with warm welcome from the school administration, teachers, parents and the pupils. The co-op also emphasizes on the role of the schools and the parents as their participation in the program. It is a shared responsibility as everybody has a role to play. Their support is vital because teachers are encouraged to have the lesson in inclusion of Aflatoun learnings and values in their classroom plan.

In 2019, PHCCI has inked an agreement with six Elementary Schools in Cebu and Bohol provinces. We officially launched the Aflatoun Program last August 6-9, 2019 to the following schools: Mandaue Central Elementary School in Mandaue City; Can-asujan Elementary School, Valladolid Elementary School, Mainit Elementary School and Ocaña Central Elementary School in Carcar City, Cebu while Danao Elementary School and Panglao Central Elementary School in Bohol Province.

Last July 6-7, 2019, PHCCI Dumaguete trained 40 teachers during the Aflatoun Teachers Training held in Dumaguete City. It was full of new insights and fun, engaging activities for the new Aflatoun implementers. Equipped with the right knowledge and skills, they are now ready to implement the program in their respective classrooms.

Aside from the Aflatoun, PHCCI also aims to develop holistic development to its youth members through exposure. These opportunities will hone the skills and talents of the Youth and eventually discover their own gift. The PHCCI Youth members are engaged in study tours, team building activities, various Financial Literacy Training, Recollection, and Youth Congress. They are also exposed to volunteering works like feeding programs, coastal clean-up drive, tree growing activities among others.

PHCCI Aflatoun and Youth program believes in an innate dynamism of each members who are the future game changers and affect better transformation in the community they belong to.

PHCCI's Labcoop Update as of 2019

Youth attending PHCCI's Lab Coop General Assembly

All smiles during the PHCCI's 1st Youth Congress

Officers pledge during their Christmas Party

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Oct 8, 2019
Turning dreams into lifetime advocacy: ANTRECCO's Aflatoun Journey

By Vergil Quijada | ANTRECCO Aflatoun Coordinator

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

This is according to Malcolm X and Agusan del Norte Teachers, Retirees, Employees, and Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ANTRECCO) believes on this. This is the very essence why ANTRECCO joined the group of cooperatives that implement Aflatoun Program. Aflatoun Program is a Child Social and Financial Education.

This program contributes to 4 out of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals which are, NO POVERTY, QUALITY EDUCATION, DECENT WORK and ECONOMIC GROWTH, and REDUCED INEQUALITIES. Because of the reasons cited above, ANTRECCO became interested in implementing it.

From that interest, it became the passion of not only of its General Manager, but also the other Branch Managers, officers, and staff. The implementation of Aflatoun Program started last 2014, with five (5) pilot schools namely: Santiago CES, Agay NHS, Carmen CES, Carmen NHS and Buenavista NHS. It expanded the program by adding twelve (12) additional schools last 2018 and these are the following. (1) Santiago NHS, (2) Tubay NHS, (3) Doña Rosario NHS, (4) Doña Rosario CES, (5) Tubay CES, (6) Luis B. Azura Mem. ES, (7) RTR CES, (8) Cogon CES, (9) Nasipit CES, (10) Mateo B. Abao CES, (11) Tagcatong CES and (12) Cahayagan ES.

ANTRECCO has three (3) branches that cater Aflatoun Program. Carmen Branch caters 6 schools. Cabadbaran Branch caters 9 schools and Libertad Branch caters 2 schools. Altogether, ANTRECCO has trained 101 teachers and 8 school heads for the Aflatoun Program. It has total number of 2,076 student depositors with a total amount saved of Php 528,560.87 as of May 31, 2019.

Last January 2019, ANTRECCO sent three (3) participants to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Capacity-Building Training Program for Aflatoun Coordinators and Advocates. These 3 participants are now certified National Trainer on Aflatoun Program.

During March 2019 Recognition Day, ANTRECCO also awarded Top Savers of the Year to all partner schools. The Top Saver for all the Aflateens and Aflatouns is Marie Antoinette, a Grade 9 - Section Fleming student of Carmen National High School. Marie Antoinette says that with Aflatoun Program she learned to save from her allowances. Aflatoun Program is really a blessing on her life and she will continue to save money for Aflatoun and it will become her habit forever in her life. She intends to save as a preparation for her study in college. She believes that her savings will really help her mother especially in her schooling in the future.

Last Brigada Eskwela 2019, ANTRECCO supported the preparation of all Aflatoun schools by donating painting materials and even attended the kick off program of Brigada Eskwela in selected partner schools.

As for their future fruitful plans, ANTRECCO is currently coordinating with Department of Education in the Division of Agusan del Norte’s Schools Division Superintendent to proceed with its training for the sixteen (16) additional partner schools in the Municipality of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte.

It is the dream of ANTRECCO to institutionalize the implementation of Aflatoun program. This means that it will implement the program to all its branches across the region. And with the support coming from NATCCO, DepEd, Teachers, parents, and the learners, it will all come into fruition.

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