FNANCIAL LITERACY AT PENSIDAN

Day -1 (Market Session) Good points We have a good lesson plan to deliver training and have participants to ensure the list for day by day. We already have the lesson and who will give this lesson because we already divided the duty in our team. We had extra money for buying food and juice for day by day to persuade them and take care of their children. We can finish on time. We had feedback section in our team. Everyone should give suggestion to each other and meeting. Challenges

The participants seemed a bit strange to us for the first day. The training place is very small for us. Very close to other groups which make us noisy and annoy the participants. Children were crying, playing around. The weather is too hot. We were late to finding for the training place and participants because we forgot to divide the duty to find the participants and we are not familiar with this training. We started the training time was late because of finding the participants and place. One of the participants went back in her house without coming back again because of poor management. They are not familiar with playing game but we can finish on time. Day-2 (Goal and Money Beliefs) Good Points All participants are 11. All are women and most of 7 are can read and write in Burmese as the primary school level. All participants are on time in training and preparing their place by themselves such as cleaning and set up the mat. They keep market session materials and teaching materials and more speaking than last yesterday. They all can speak and understand Burmese Language. Challenges The place is very hot, narrow and uncomfortable as I hope. As for me when I give training the first one is I look the training place, second is participants education and knowledge skills but there is not a bit problem. Our team trainers are lack of preparing as I think such written down paper and give more examples related to their lives. We can persuade them as much as we want because one woman has a bit mental health problems and another one is not feeling well but she try to attend the training that we give. We are a little late to start the training because of the truck. Day -3 (What are savings: Making Saving Plans) Good Points They all try to participate with us in a good way. We had a good method how to take care the children and how to play market session game. We can get helper from other groups when we are playing the market session game. We have role-play with the participants to present in front of the training about our incomes and expense how they are connected. Especially they tells about their stories such as, the problem of saving and expenses After finished playing market sessions the participants were very happy because they bought the things that they needed. As I think, we have more good relationships with them. We heard some are already saving plans. In our team, Moe Moe can give the best example related to saving money and the challenges of saving related migrant’s life. We still have meeting and feedback section to each other. Challenges One participant speaks a lot so difficult to stop and get other people special attention to present their ideas. They are jealous each other. The weather is too hot and the more children come and participate in our child taker team the nosier in our training. We cannot control very well when we play market session. In our group, I lost participant attendance sheet. There is my weakness not concerned with my groups but I am not sure I think they do not know about it. Day -4 (Household Budgeting) The more you ask the more they participate. The sound is so good in my perspectives I like it. They talk about more their personal information where the money that they get from. They ask about their Children how they can send their children to the school. They have their plans to go back Burma. They all take part in our training. Nine women are very active because of warm up game and a little warningly relationship. They talk to us in frankly they want group photo so we have a chance to solve this issues. Challenges As I think, six women are not doing homework but when we ask they answer. Two women are not feeling well because of coughing and pregnant. The weather is too hot and the children are playing. They cannot pay attention very much because of the weather and as I heard three women have to send food to their husbands at 3:00 pm. Day-5 (Time Management and Time as a Value) Good points They all are on time. We also are on time. We also are active to deliver training. We can summary the 5 days training as my thoughts. They understand before we give training about Time Management but they forgot what their holiday is and take a time for holidays they confirmed as if I say. They all are happy because they got extra 10 baht and one photo to each person. All materials are gone when the training finish. We can finish our training time. Challenges One woman is too late because she has to take care of her grandson. Another woman is coughing and unfeeling well. She often has to go outside to take medicine and answer natural calling. Another reason, three women are not participated in warm up game. We do not have meeting for feedback each other. One woman gets angry when they play market session but we can solve this problem. Summary of the training Good Points 1. All participants attended training 99.99%. 2. We do not have problem in our team. 3. We are not friend fighter until our last time. 4. We argue each for divide role and responsibilities for delivering training. 5. We have meeting 4 days in our team during the training. 6. We have a good relationship each other’s until now. 7. We have lesson plans. 8. We have clear position during the training. 9. We have a feedback from participants. 10. We can finish our training without misunderstanding and problems. Challenges 1. Most participants are old and three women very old. 2. The place is very hot and the children are noisy. 3. We are not enough mats. 4. We are lack of community-based language. 5. The curriculum is not bad but we need more clear translation in Burmese. 6. We are poor in Time Management. It means as we plans we can run. 7. I cannot speak smoothly. 8. I am not feeling well during giving the training. 9. I cannot dance very well and doing warm up game well. 10. I am poor in Eye contact. Written By Saw Eh Tha Hser