Right to play Thailand Foundation Event to promote Children’s Financial Education.
Financial Fitness Celebration Day
Nakhornsawan, Thailand – (Thursday 12 December 2013) Right To Play Thailand Foundation supported by Master Card Worldwideorganized a special event called Financial Fitness Celebration Day at theAnubanMuangNakhornsawan School (KhaoKob). ‘Celebration Day’ is a market-like event for students to showcase their enterprise projects, experience the buying and selling of products and to reflect the skills – managing the money and their entrepreneurship skills. This event was acquired through Financial Fitness and Livelihoods program.
Right To Play Thailand has been implementing Financial Fitness and Livelihood Program to schools in Nakhornsawan province for the past 9 months. There are 450 students from five schools (WatTha Thong, WatNhongPling, AunbanPhayuhaKhiri, AnubanMuangNakhonsawan (KhaoKob), and WatThasutSchool) attendedthe program with Right To Play.
Prior to the preparation for the Financial Fitness Celebration Day, all students who are participating in the program wereprovided with skills and knowledge in financial literacy, financial management and core components of entrepreneurship. They were given tools to analyze the entire components needed to start up their own business project such as 5Ps Marketing components (Product, Price, Place, Promotion, and People) and were taught how to calculate cost and profit.
Our honorable guests on the actual Financial Fitness Celebration day are:
- Mr. WhanTangtip, the Director of NakhornsawanPrimary Educational Service Area Office,
- Ms. KamolmalSangthamrong, the Educational Supervisorfrom the Ministry of Education,
- Ms. OranuchBoonsopark, the Director of WatNhongPling School,
- Mr. ManochHuangsri, the Director of WatTha Thong School,
- Mr. SuponChinsa, the Director of WatThasut School,
- Ms. SarinthipNgammin, the Director of AnubanMuangNakhonsawan School,
- Mr. KhanchaiOnmee, the Director of AunbanPhayuhaKhiriSchool,
This event also brought together500junior high school students, together with 80 teachers who are participants under this program.
The activity on Celebration day mainly focused on market-like event with real life experiences for our young entrepreneurs. There were total 49 outlets with different types of productsincluding food, beverages, decoration materials, and jewelry. All groups of children came up with various ideas for promoting and marketing by using the tools that they have learnt. Furthermore,the event was mainly organized by students who were volunteers to be part of the committee. The students managed the whole logistics by dividing up the teams into different responsibility with Right To Play staff support in leading the process.
According to Child and Youth Finance International, less than one per cent of children worldwide have access to financial education and financial inclusion. With an estimated one billion children living in poverty globally, It is an opportunity for organizations to come together to promote financial education in money matters. This kind of situation raised the importance of teaching children to manage money wisely through Right To Play’s financial education programs. We seek to provide youths with skills and knowledge in financial management and literacy. Right To Play and MasterCard have thus far, launched the Financial Fitness Celebration Day, which saw participation from 200 Thai youths, empowering them with essential financial skills related to decision making, responsibility and negotiation.
About Right To Play
Right To Play is a global organization that uses the transformative power of play to educate and empower children facing adversity. Through playing sports and games, Right To Play helps children in more than 20 countries to build essential life skills and better futures, while driving lasting social change. Founded in 2000 by four-time Olympic gold medalist and social entrepreneur Johann Olav Koss, Right To Play is headquartered in Toronto, Canada,and has national offices in Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and regional offices in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Its programs are facilitated by 590 international staff and nearly 12,000 volunteer Coaches.
Right To Play Thailand Foundation was registered in Thailand in 2007 and implements programs for school children, vulnerable youth, youth delinquents, migrant children and refugee children in Thailand using sport and play as an innovative and dynamic learning tool within a comprehensive and holistic approach to education and life skills development.
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AnamikaTangsakulnurak
Program Officer (Life Skills Development Program)
Right To Play Thailand Foundation
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