What SIFE Does : Personal Financial Success Skills

4# Personal Financial Success Skills

Ghana University of Cape Coast Many of Ghana's workers underestimate the importance of accumulating a savings and therefore retire in poverty. UCC SIFE partnered with Ghana's Social Security and National Trust to organize lessons on the benefits of saving for retirement and ways to gain access to and complete application forms properly. Over 100 workers who participated in the workshops have now registered with the administration, and the project has been so successful that Ghana's Social Security and National Trust has adopted the idea and expanded it to the national level.

South Africa University of the Free State UFS SIFE's "Cashflow for Kidz" board game challenges students to use problem-solving skills to lrean financial responsibility. Players reinforce concepts learned by creating and selling greeting cards and then donating profits to a local charity. As an extension to the project, the SIFE Team plans to market the cards to greeting card companies throughout the country.

United States Flagler College Flagler SIFE is spreading fiscal responsibility through its syndicated radio program, Cash Positive Radio. The five-minute news and talk show offers financial tips to an annual audience of more than four million college and university students across the country.

Brazil Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Campinas (PUC Campinas) PUC Campinas SIFE created a mock city to teach children the importance of saving, investing, and maintaining a budget. Students visit six businesses and practice activities such as buying and selling products, transacting at a bank, and learning salary concepts. Over 250 children have learned the basics of financial responsibility through this interactive SIFE project.