FT Seasonal Appeal backs charities devoted to financial literacy and free school meals
Young people are hungry to learn more about money, yet financial education is still sorely neglected in schools across the world — hurting the potential of individuals and economies alike. Today we launch the Financial Times Seasonal Appeal in support of two charities with complementary ambitions to “feed the future”: metaphorically through
’s financial curriculum, meanwhile, is being taught in nearly 500 secondary schools. The charity has reached thousands of young people in formal education and more than 2mn others via educational social media videos. A nascent international push ranges from collaborating with an Italian TV cartoon to a planned mass rollout of a financial education programme in India, with local charity Pratham. Only with FT readers’ generous support has this been possible.
’s early priorities has been to develop a full secondary school learning programme that maps directly to each element of the curriculum, but in a way that supports teachers and engages students.
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