WOMEN in Drawa communities in rural Vanua Levu will benefit from an ANZ gift of $A10,000 ($F15,300) to Fijian charity Live & Learn. ANZ raised the funds through its “Five to Thrive” leadership challenge where staff members across ANZ globally were invited to commit to five leadership behaviours as daily habits. With every challenge completed, […]
A LEADING bank in Fiji has announced its partnership with a dynamic learning network of locally registered organisations operating in the Pacific to deliver its flagship financial literacy program. The ANZ Bank in Fiji has partnered with Live & Learn to deliver ANZ’s flagship financial literacy program, MoneyMinded, to drive a savings culture in communities […]
WOMEN in Drawa communities in rural Vanua Levu will benefit from an ANZ gift of $A10,000 ($F15,300) to Fijian charity Live & Learn.
ANZ raised the funds through its “Five to Thrive” leadership challenge where staff members across ANZ globally were invited to commit to five leadership behaviours as daily habits. With every challenge completed, ANZ contributed $A20 ($F31) to a project.
ANZ Fiji country head Saud Minam said they were pleased to strengthen their partnership with Live & Learn through their flagship financial literacy program MoneyMinded and continue supporting their financial inclusion work with the villagers of Drawa.
Doris Susau, country manager Live & Learn, said the gift would go directly towards the economic empowerment of women and their livelihood activities in the Drawa block communities in rural and remote Vanua Levu.
“ANZ is committed to helping people and communities thrive and we have taken another significant step in bringing this to life by establishing a dedicated financial inclusion team here in Fiji,” Mr Minam said.
“More than 9000 Fijians have participated in MoneyMinded, which was made possible by ANZ staff volunteers.
By establishing a team that is dedicated to the delivery of our MoneyMinded program, as well as other financial inclusion activities, we recognise the importance of financial literacy in our community.
“Independent research has confirmed that MoneyMinded is making an impact and ANZ will continue to support financial literacy here in Fiji because we believe that investing our efforts in this area is important.”
A LEADING bank in Fiji has announced its partnership with a dynamic learning network of locally registered organisations operating in the Pacific to deliver its flagship financial literacy program.
The ANZ Bank in Fiji has partnered with Live & Learn to deliver ANZ’s flagship financial literacy program, MoneyMinded, to drive a savings culture in communities across Fiji.
ANZ Regional Executive Tessa Price, second left, ANZ chief executive officer Saud Minam, Reserve Bank of Fiji governor Faizul Ariff Ali and RMIT University researcher Marica Tabualevu, third from right, with ANZ staff members during the 2019 Moneyminded Impact Report launch at the ANZ House in Suva on Tuesday, October 08, 2019. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU
MoneyMinded is a comprehensive suite of financial education resources designed by ANZ to assist adults in building their money management skills, knowledge and confidence.
The partnership involves the accreditation of Live & Learn trainers to deliver MoneyMinded to their staff and community members in partnership with ANZ’s MoneyMinded facilitators.
And while the MoneyMinded has gained momentum, the partnership is targeted at strengthening women’s role in the economy at all levels in society.
ANZ Fiji country head, Saud Minam in a statement yesterday, stated the MoneyMinded facilitators would go through rigorous training to become accredited to the high standard expected of the program.
“We’re excited about this partnership that helps spread our program across Fiji even further thanks to Live & Learn’s extensive network,” he said.
“We’re committed to supporting the communities where we operate and we want to make a difference to the lives of all Fijians through increased awareness of the value of aspiring to achieve their goals through better spending habits and saving for their future,” Mr Minam said.
“In particular, we believe that by targeting women’s groups we have the opportunity to make a substantial difference.
“We’ve found that the women really stand out when empowered with the appropriate tools, exposure and training to take charge of their finances.”
Live & Learn executive director, Christian Nielsen, stressed the importance of economic empowerment of women in the Pacific and the development benefits from strengthening women’s role in the economy
“These benefits include equity in participation, governance, health, education and policy development,” he said.
“We are delighted to be working with ANZ in this pursuit and see great benefits to Pacific islanders from this partnership.”
According to ANZ, MoneyMinded has been delivered to more than 10,000 people across the Pacific since its initial launch in the region in 2010.
Live & Learn is a non-government organisation (NGO), who works with communities throughout Asia and the Pacific to design, implement and learn from community-based development projects.
The projects cover a number of thematic program areas including Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), sustainable use of biodiversity, environmental governance, natural resource-based conflict management and peace building, understanding climate change, sustainable energy options, community-based waste reduction and management, human rights and community disaster prevention and preparedness.
