Financial Literacy for Youth Program

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#669966" TEXT="#080000" background="07801573.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Jamaican Canadian Community Women's League of Montreal Inc.</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jamaican Canadian Community Womens Leagu"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <B>Financial Literacy for Youth Program</B>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery">Photo Gallery</A>   |   <A HREF="member_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seniors Program">Seniors' Program</A>   |   <A HREF="member_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Womens Program">Womens' Program</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="071d2013.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Financial Literacy for Youth Program</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The Dollars Make Sense Youth Project 2009-2010</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Dollars Make Sense Youth Project is an educational, financial literacy and leadership project for youth from the visible minority communities in the Côte des Neiges & Notre Dame de Grâce districts of the Greater Montreal area.</div> <bR> <div> The project will look to increase the promotion of Financial Literacy in the Visible Minority Communities.</div> <bR> <div> The project will look to sensitize community partners, public partners, private partners on the importance that Financial Literacy plays in all our lives and how it should be look at more seriously.</div> <bR> <div> The project will look to provide Financial Literacy information session for the participants followed up with Financial Literacy training workshops so they will have a chance to develop and improve their skills.</div> <bR> <div> Many youth in the community especially those who live in poverty lack basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs. Many are unable to balance a check book and most simply have no insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing.</div> <bR> <div> Many of the young women in these communities have the primary responsibility for their family budget.  However many have never been given any skills and training in financial literacy.</div> <bR> <div> The project will look to assist over 500 youth to improve their financial decision making skills as well as to improve the self confidence of these youth. </div> <bR> <div> The organization along with other community partners, professionals and volunteers will develop resources for these youth as well as providing leadership training for the participants.</div> <bR> <div> The project will look to change the attitudes of society so all youth will have equal access to become decision makers in their communities.  Youth will become leaders and encourage their peers to do so as well.  Skills obtained during the workshops will not only affect the individual, but its effects will be felt throughout the whole community. (Friends, Family, Associates)</div> <bR> <div> Youth will be brought together by a common bond to make improvements to the economic climate of their community.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ============================ </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="20523d70.png" border=0 width="547" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" >http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.moneytools.ca/eng/mt-ma-eng.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.moneytools.ca/eng/mt-ma-eng.a"><IMG SRC="20782490.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="73" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <U> </U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://www.moneytools.ca/eng/mt-ma-eng.asp</U></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#669966" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>