Global Money Week GMW

I have also Participated in the "Suriname Global Money week" a fair that has been helt to bring awearnes about money among youngsters.

Suriname Global Money Week

Leading Organizations:

Central Bank of Suriname

Participating Organizations:

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education

Date of the event:

07 - 20th of March

From March 7th until March 11th Suriname will celebrate the Great Arithmetic Week. During this week teachers received and followed workshops about different tools to be used during activities in the frame of the Great Arithmetic Week. Additionally, primary-, secondary and Tertiary schools will be visiting the Global Money Week Fair.

There are different activities e.g. electronic activities for children about money and save money, an activity where there are exercises and the children must fill in how much they save. This amount must be place in a “save tree”.

Worksop Another activity is a workshop for youth about how to invest your money, entrepreneurship.

Coin Counter Visitors get a brief introduction of coins in Suriname and how they work. The children are told about a sorting and command and instructions to make your own. Individually or in groups of 5 children build a sorting machine.

Financial Kids Corner. This activity is based on the 5 themes of GMW: Money, Saving, Entrepreneurship, retirement, insurance. The children will be manufacturing the following objects: 1. Money Box: manufacture from a cardboard in the form of a sleeve, pyramid or box 2. Money Bag: decorating of felt in the form of a wallet with a knot thereafter

Financial Kids Detective The students will be divided into six groups with each containing five students. The children will be provided with some attributes which will disguise them as a “financial detective kid” or so called “financial investigation officers’. These detectives have to follow up on clues to find certain information about the themes of GMW.

Briefing Lessons There are different briefing lessons about the themes: Money, Save, Invest, Assurance, retirement etc. The briefing lessons will be put on Facebook and also given to the children

The opening og Global Money Week in Suriname included a “Mega Money Power Quiz” between children and directors of the banks, Insurance Company, Ministry of Finance and Education, President of the Central Bank of Suriname. There will be teams and the winner gets a Global Money Week Coin.

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