Implementation of the JA Ourselves Program in collaboration with Kolektif Rivier Nwar.

JA Mascareignes implemented the JA Ourselves Program with 27 beneficiaries of Kolektif Rivier Nwar on Friday 10th September 2021. The participants spent their last day of holidays learning key Economic and Financial Literacy skills in this full-day workshop and they received a certificate upon completion of the program.

JA Ourselves introduces students to the intersection of financial literacy and early elementary grades social studies learning objectives. Through hands-on classroom activities, the program provides students with an introduction to personal economics and the choices consumers make to meet their needs and wants. It also introduces students to the role of money in society while providing them with practical information about earning, saving, and sharing money.

• Session 1: This or That? Make a Choice:

Students learn about the choices that the make in their everyday life. They make choices with the help of the “This or That?” Picture Cards. They read a simple prompt in their Junior Journal Mini books and make a choice, while those who are able, write a sentence about their choice.

• Session 2: Do I Need What I Want?

Students learn differentiate between their Needs and Wants. They participate in an eye-spy poem to help them find need and want items on a poster. Using stickers, students create a needs and wants chart in their Mini books.

• Session 3: A Rupee Earned

Students learn that they need to work to earn money. They hear the story Welcome Home! To learn about ways they can earn money using their mini books, students complete a maze and draw a picture of how they can earn money.

• Session 4: A Rupee Saved

Students learn about the importance of saving money. They get into groups to complete a fill-in-the-piggy-bank activity in their mini books.

• Session 5: A Penny Shared

Students learn about how to start a business and why it is important to share with those who are underprivileged. They listen to Charlie Plants a Garden, a story about starting a neighbourhood garden, they organise story cards sequentially in their mini books.