Making Cents International (Making Cents), in partnership with ChildFund International, developed the Catalyzing Business Skills curriculum for the Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children into Families (ESFAM) project in Uganda. The curriculum aims to build the financial literacy and business knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for children in ESFAM savings groups to successfully generate income. Participants are introduced to key financial literacy and enterprising life skills, including managing wants and needs, saving and borrowing, planning, finding market opportunities, negotiation, and decision making, amongst others.
The curriculum is designed to be delivered to savings groups of 10 to 20 children aged 10-13 years old. The curriculum is intended to be used with adolescents aged 14-17 years old. Basic literacy and numeracy are helpful but not required to participate in this training. No activities are literacy dependent; all activities are accessible for a wide range of participants. The only prerequisites for participating in this course are participation in savings group meetings and a willingness to learn.
This Trainer’s Guide is intended to be used with children participating in savings groups who are interested in engaging in successful income generation activities. This Guide includes sessions that you can lead to help children develop their knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to business. The lessons and activities in this Guide help encourage discussion among participants, while adding new knowledge and providing participants with opportunities to apply new concepts. The activities in this Guide follow a common format. Each session begins with an Activity Box that will help orient you to the session’s purpose.
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