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Making Cents International
Program:
Purpose:

Amount:
Term:
Start date:
Location:
Microfinance
Create and deliver a capacity-building curriculum in youth
financial services
$1.6 million
Three years
April 2009
Global

 

Why We Partnered

Making Cents International is a leader in building youth enterprise and livelihoods by creating learning opportunities and networks. It provides specialized technical services, curricula and training-of-trainer (TOT) courses. Its mission is to create a legacy of improved skills and economic opportunities at individual, community, and global levels.

This Youth-Inclusive Financial Services Linkage Program (YFS-Link) is a three year capabilities building and training initiative which aims to expand the range and quality of financial services available to youth. YFS-Link will expand the body of knowledge and connect practitioners within the youth-inclusive financial services space. It includes the development of an in-depth curriculum as well as a training-of-trainers program.

Anticipated Impact

  • Train 5000 microfinance and youth-serving practitioners worldwide
  • Ensure ongoing innovation in microfinance for youth

Quote
 

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

W. B. Yeats

 
 

 

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