Citibank Korea sponsors 530 million won for the National YWCA of Korea to support activities of 2009 ‘Learning and Experiencing Financial Class for Youth - Think Money’
Holding the 530 million Won(USD 419,000) grant check at today's launch is YK Ha,CEO of Citibank Korea (left) and Kyo-ja Kang, President of YWCA of Korea(right).
The program, which had been conducted mainly for elementary and middle-school students, is now expected to expand the target to high school students in its fourth year, 2009. Around 150 executives and employees of Citibank Korea and around 150 volunteers from YWCA will serve as lecturers in programs such as school courses, finance experience classes, after-school class, cooperative school, multi-cultural home financial class, special courses for middle school third graders and high school third graders, set up through schools and YWCA branches in 35 areas nationwide.
YWCA will hold a symposium on finance education in order to raise awareness of the importance of early finance education and strengthen network for finance education and will focus on encouraging discussion session among school heads and finance class for parents. In addition, it will expand education for those living in remote areas and the underprivileged class by beefing up online education through programs that strengthen finance education targeting children from multicultural families and publishing an E-book.
Elementary and middle school students participating in Think Money over the past three years number around 140,000 and around 330 Citibank Korea employees and around 250 YWCA volunteers, who received lecture education, conducted finance education courses. Moreover, YWCA has been making various efforts to help experts to develop customized finance education models such as Think Money experience episode contest, Think Money translation and essay contest, finance experience campaign, finance board game and video learning data development.
Citibank Korea CEO YK Ha, who participated in the signing ceremony, mentioned, “The Think Money program has truly cemented its position as Korea’s most representative and systematic finance education model. Citibank Korea will continue to support the program in order to awaken our society to the need for early finance education and develop finance education suited to the requirements of beneficiaries.”
Meanwhile, YWCA of Korea President Kyo-ja Kang said, “YWCA will develop and distribute various textbooks and other data to make the program a finance education model, in which schools, regional society and families participate together and create. The organization will also make efforts to include finance education in regular education courses by establishing a guideline on finance education that links school systems from elementary, middle school to high school.”
For inquiry about participation in the program and textbooks, you can visit Think Money homepage or call the YWCA of Korea at 02-774-9704.
* Think Money homepage http://think.ywca.or.kr/think_money/kor/index.asp
Citibank Korea
Citibank had opened its first branch in Korea in 1967, and was born newly as Citibank Korea Inc. (CKI) through integration with KorAm Bank in 2004. CKI serves customers at 231 branches (as of end of September 2008) in Korea by providing the first class financial products and services based on the various products and know-how of Citi with global network including more than 100 years of history and 200 million customers in more than 100 countries. CKI delivers new financial world to the customers through development of innovative financial products and services, encompassing from corporate and investment banking to consumer banking, private banking, and wealth management. Furthermore, Citibank Korea Inc., as a responsible corporate citizen, conducts diverse community activities in the areas of financial education, next generation education, woman, diversity, community, and environment consistently in corporation with sound non-profit organizations.
Citi Foundation
The Citi Foundation is committed to enhancing economic opportunities for underserved individuals and families in the communities where we work throughout the world. Globally, the Citi Foundation is focusing its giving on Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship, which helps individuals become economically self-sufficient; Small and Growing Businesses, leading to economic expansion and job creation; Education, which prepares young people for personal and professional success; Financial Education, which helps individuals make informed financial decisions; and the Environment with a focus on sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and stimulate economic growth while preserving the environment. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.com/.
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