2019 Central African Republic Global Money Week

LEADING ORGANISATIONS:

• SOS Children's Village Central African Republic

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• 2 Media Organisations, Ecobank, Primary School SOS Hermann Meiner de Bangui

NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 20

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• 1 432

SOS Children's Village Central African Republic
To celebrate GMW2019, SOS Children’s Village Central Africa organised Global Money Week Activities, where children were taught on the different GMW themes, created songs and dances, and performed sketches and plays. Additionally, the organisation arranged for the children to visit the Ecobank, where they were taught on the different services offered by the bank, what happens to your money, and how banks operate. Afterwards, the children were able to ask questions and were given Western Union School kits. To close off the celebrations, the children presented everything they learnt to their peers, parents, SOS staff members and others, through their songs, performances and sketches, which were aired on national television and radio stations.

2018 Central African Republic Global Money Week

LEADING ORGANISATIONS:

• SOS Children’s Village International Central African Republic

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

• Mutual Fund of Central Africa (CMCA), national radio, national television, SOS Children's Village Bouar, SOS Hermann Gmeiner Kindergarten, SOS Hermann Gmeiner Primary School

NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:

• 20

NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:

• 614

SOS Children’s Village International Central African Republic

Planning for Global Money Week in the Central African Republic started in January 2018 when an GMW Organising Committee, composed of 10 people, was established. The committee, which included teachers, accountants, school directors, programme managers, was briefed on GMW documents.

Twenty students from elementary school received training from their teachers throughout February 2018 using GMW documents and the GMW theme “Money Matters Matter”. Children then prepared plays, poems, and songs. Children had to make drawings representing banking institutions such as: Central African Republic Mutual Fund (CMCA), International Sahelo-Saharan Bank (BSIC), Central African Republic Commercial Bank (CBCA), Pan African Bank ECOBANK, Moroccan Bank, Banque Populaire de Développement.

On 9 March, the children visited the Central African Republic Mutual Fund where they learnt about its operation, the advantages of having a bank account, how to open a bank account, and how to send money via Western Union. They received gifts from Western Union after participating in a Q&A with the employees.

12 March was the final day of GMW celebrations in Central African Republic. Children showed their drawings and presented their shows, poems, and songs on GMW theme. They participated in radio and television interviews about the GMW2018 theme.