While many of you may be having problems losing weight, many Filipino children and parents have nothing on their table. Most of them have no homes and table at all.
When your kids’ ultimate dreams may be to become a pilot, a doctor, a policeman, or a teacher, many kids dream of just having something to eat. Continue reading The Ultimate Dream of These Kids is…To Have Something To Eat
We at Angat Pilipinas Coalition are totally dedicated to bringing financial knowledge to all young Filipinos, students and out-of-school alike. We believe that educating the youth about personal finance will prepare themselves to become wise financial decision makers as they grow up.
That is why we are pushing parents and teachers to become more literate in handling their finances so that the kids will witness how they value money and how it is earned.
Parents and teachers are the biggest influencea on the way kids will manage money. However, discussing about personal finance and conducting seminars to them can be really tough. That is why we have been incorporating games, music, technology, and even social media to help them understand personal finance
This infographic from Mint.com is an example of how money should be taught to children of all ages.
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Our local advocacy group Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy is a dynamic financial literacy mission mainly focused on educating the youth on proper money management, financial planning, and investments.
In the past year, we were able to visit some schools in and around Metro Manila not only to teach the students but to teachers, parents and other school employees as well. We believe that if the elders in school know how to spend and save money, the students will find them as great examples and will do the same as well.
But with the Financial Literacy Act or the House Bill 490 still pending implementation in Philippine schools, we have to know if efforts such as our APCFL’s are giving good results at least in terms of improvement in the youth’s attitude towards money. Continue reading How Does the Filipino Youth Fare in Asian Financial Literacy?