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Peter Tanyanyiwa Arts Correspondent
CHIPAWO Trust has partnered with Visa in a financial literacy programme. This new partnership is aimed at bringing financial education to the Zimbabwean children and youth through use of creative arts.
The financial literacy venture is running under the theme “Enhancing Financial Literacy through Creative Arts”, will involve young people between the ages of seven and 25 through a theoretical module that will inform them on the use of money, negotiation and spending, saving and budgeting.
The project initiative coordinator, Eden Nyarirangwe said, it is the organisation’s responsibility to offer financial education to young performers so they learn how to manage themselves as performers.
“Whenever CHIPAWO is called to perform or commissioned to develop a play (theatre production), we remunerate the performers with a certain allowance depending on the nature of the project,” said Nyarirangwe.
“This year we just thought of doing an investigation without the children or the youths noticing. The main aim was to find out what the children and youth spend their money on.
“We found out that most of them need help in managing their finances not just because of the way they spend their money but due to the fact that financial literacy is vital in every person’s life.
“Looking at all the entrepreneurship talk going on around us, we decided to do something new at CHIPAWO. This is when we saw it fit to educate them on the best ways to save, budget and manage money they get through various performances. We are also hoping that they can realise that performing arts can be a viable business in the course of the project.
“The project will also highlight the risks of poor financial management. Post theoretical exposure and practical sessions will be implemented to measure the understanding of children and youth on the subject.”
CHIPAWO Trust say they have partnered with Visa because for over a decade they have been developing financial literacy programmes that teach individuals to spend, save and budget responsibly.
Visa programmes have reached and surpassed more than 20 million people since 2013 world over
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