Emirates NBD backs plan for disable adults

dubai — Emirates NBD is partnering with Integreat Centre, a newly founded educational institution for young adults with disabilities, to fund their ‘Money Management’ programme, aimed to teach students with disabilities about financial literacy and enable them to further their financial independence.

Under its Together Limitless platform, the bank will sponsor the one-term course for the center’s inaugural academic year. The programme, aimed at students aged between 16 and 25, will cover a broad curriculum of topics relevant to financial independence including: personal budgeting, wants vs needs, income and expenses and using diverse payment methods.

Emirates NBD will provide its products and services as real life tools for students to learn with, including model ATMs, account opening forms and sample debit/ credit cards and cheque books. Students will also be offered field trips to the bank’s branches to practice self-sufficient banking in a learning environment.

Husam Al Sayed, group chief human resource officer at Emirates NBD said: “Emirates NBD is continuously seeking opportunities to enable financial inclusion for people with disabilities in the UAE. By fully supporting Integreat Center’s Money Management, we have the chance to give these young students a real-life learning opportunity so that when they enter the real world, they will have the skills to be more financially self-sufficient.”

— business@khaleejtimes.com