Grounded Media has worked on two financial literacy programmes for the Asisa Foundation:
Grounded Media has worked on two financial literacy programmes for the Asisa Foundation:
The National Consumer Financial Education Strategy recognises that South Africans are not appropriately equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to manage their household finances, select suitable financial products and services and to plan for their futures financially. Over indebtedness, which is made worse by unscrupulous unsecured lending, is also a particular problem for many consumers. Saver Waya Waya WageWise, a financial literacy project, seeks to address these concerns by raising awareness about appropriate financial literacy topics.
The project has been made possible through the ASISA Foundation (Association for Savings and Investment)
To conduct a consumer financial education programme, primarily through interactive face-to-face workshops, with content relevant to the financial needs of the participants. The desired outcome of attending these workshops is to reduce the financial vulnerability of the participants by empowering them to make appropriate financial decisions throughout their life stages and so enable greater economic participation.
Grounded Media services:
The main aim of the programme was to empower final year students at TVET Colleges with skills in personal financial management focusing on the topics of:
Grounded Media provided the following services: