BAYAN SAVES TO GIVE FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR KIDS

Elementary school kids will soon learn to save and invest more through a partnership between BPI Foundation and Philam Foundation.

Through a joint project called Bayan Saves, BPI Foundation and Philam Foundation aim to promote financial education and savings awareness to elementary schools across the Philippines.

This brings together BPI Foundation’s BPI Bayanihan Para sa Inang Bayan (Bayan) Program, a volunteerism program for BPI employees, and Philam Foundation’s Philam Savings Awareness and Values Education Sessions (SAVES) Program.

Under the Bayan Saves partnership, Philam Foundation will be conducting the Philam SAVES program in select schools nationwide, starting with the Philam Paaralan sites.

In this program, they will teach kids on how to save through games, coin bank designing, and engaging storytelling. This program aims to promote the values of discipline, respect, generosity and the habit of saving money.

After three months, BPI Foundation will mobilize the Bayan volunteers to conduct refresher sessions and account opening caravans which will ensure that the value of saving and responsible spending is inculcated in each child.

There will be an account opening caravan for Jumpstart, Kaya Savings, and Prepaid Cards. With the Bayan volunteerism program, employees can help build communities and empower them through financial education.