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On the 29th of April I went to facilitate Money Modular 10, teaching children about money, to the the CWP group in Motherwell that I had already started with Money fo sho the previous week. They were supposed to get paid that weekend and it was a long weekend. Before I started the class I asked the participants how was the long weekend and said that they must have been happy because it was payday but to my surprise one of them told me that some of them did not get paid, including him. He told me that because of the previous session (Money fo sho) where I shared my first time experience with money and how it shaped me to live within my means, he also did the same. He did not go out and borrow money so that he can have fun, he lived with what he had until his payment was sorted.
Laurium Capital took place in different places Worcester, Ashton and Villiersdorp, It was a great opportunity for these communities, to empower young and adults through financial skills gives a very peaceful life in them, knowledge and skills was gained,what I have noticed to the organizers, the age was not considered which I had to mentioned to them again, the community of Ashton Zolani location has mentioned that, they need more trainings especially the entrepreneurship skills and other skills, it was very good to work with Khanyisa Development, they are assisting us a lot,and I'm looking forward to work with them.
In partnership with Avocado Vision, I've managed to empower Ntswelengwe Village Community in the Northern Cape with Financial Literacy Skills - specifically Money Modular - Module 1 (Budgeting - Digging Deeper) and Module 5 (Boosting Income). Our local municipality PR Councillor was so impressed by the contents covered and said that he's been missing a lot by not attending our sessions. He also encouraged youth and community members to attend our workshops because he noticed the importance of financial literacy.
Training worksite for Sanlam it was a great opportunity for the most of the trained attendees because majority are young people and they are starting to work. Training Money Moduler courses gave more information and direction to the attendees. Many of young people where sharing the lack of information regarding planning about they're finances and saving money and at the end of all the workshops conducted, they felt informed and others promised to inquire to insurance companies regarding their Policys they bought. Majority of the employees they did not open their payslip because of they lost hope and after the workshop many promised to work on their money management skills and start paying Debt in time
It was a great privilege to be given an opportunity to train Financial literacy (Money Fo sho) in partnership with Bateleur Capital. I had to train both urban and rural areas. I really had a great experience seeing participants being well empowered. There were lots of interaction especially on estate and credit. It was also interesting to see how their eye were opened on 50% 30% 20% rule. Participants highlighted that there is a need of such sessions all over the country. One participant mentioned that as soon as she gets home, she will sit down with her family and share what she has learned. One who was a a male had to call his wife during the session to come and listen to what was said, that was a Aha! moment for me. May Avo and their partners continue on changing lives.
Laurium Capital has been a great project. My target group was in rurals in the Western Cape even though it was bit awkward due to the long distance, but participants welcomed the training with warm hearts. I was moved by their eagerness to learn more about finances and transforming their lives. I worked with community leaders who organised the sessions. They organised in Wosceter, Rawsonville and in De Doorns. It was amazing to see community leaders taking part during training session. I was also moved with their feedback on of the leaders even wrote a letter to Avo expressing how grateful they are and how much they need more sessions to reach out to more citizens.
On the 27th of March I conducted a worksite session for RJ Insurance Brokers at Ultra Liquors building in Westville, Durban. Our session was on money modular 1, My budget. At first my participants very grumpy, they had no interest in talking about budgeting, saying they were always left with nothing so they didn't have any money to budget for. After a few minutes, they stated engaging, even coming up with ideas of prioritising needs over wants. They all agreed that cutting down on alcohol and other entertainment activities could save them a lot of money and even be able to start saving for their goals. One gentleman suggested a cut down on girlfriend allowance which sparked a huge debate as women disagreed on that point, which was very hilarious. They participated with great enthusiasm throughout the session. After the certification, they asked to sing a song to show their appreciation (screenshots of the video attached)
We trained a group of Educators on the 30 April 2026. They highlighted that they learned that one should be proactive in addressing their financial challenges cause failure to do this, results in one undergoing stress. They even showed interest in inviting us to more sessions.
I trained at Lenyenye recently.Where I trained a group of teachers in partnership with Sanlam. We had over 30 participants and one of the teachers indicated that this training is not only important for themselves but they will be sharing the information with their learners and their family. Another teacher,indicated that they wished they knew information as they have only 5 years left.
In partnership with Avo Vision and Hollard I successfully reached out local SMME's for the businesses for sho training programme in procedure of managing their business better. Kabokweni SMME's gather at Nkohlakalo community hall under the super vision of Reinah Seepsop and they were successful trained. - Sandra Phiri 36 years old residing in a deep rural area called Spelanyana she call herself a 'hustler' because of the multiple of businesses activities does including: buy and sale, growing things, making thing. She said: "I started business after grade 12 due to lack of job opportunity I thought what I can do to give myself a job. I look around my community what is not provided and its a need and people want it, thought of kitchen fast food saling chips kota, Achaar, feet cook and kota. Today I learn a lot in this BSF training program about managing my businesses better and safety including: businesses budgeting for monthly expences, savings , income statement, monthly income, monthly expenses , compliance, etc. Some of the terms we were familiar with, but didn't understand their meaning now I do after this train"
