The Ternopil Community Center was visited by the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Department of the "Kesher Project" Ella Sydorenko and held a lecture for women on the topic of "Economic Literacy". Training of this plan is an integral part of the organization's activities, along with the promotion of women's health, as it provides women with more freedom from the negative factors of today. The listeners were satisfied with the program and received new useful information.
Economic literacy training in the Ternopil Economic Center is conducted in detail and consistently. More than a year ago, the coordinator of the “Kesher Project” in the region, Olena Stakhanska, chose this topic as a priority for study and popularization. Since then, women can confidently say that their financial situation has improved, since the program teaches them not only to save, but also to properly plan the family budget. To minimize expenses, women determined the electricity consumption in their homes and learned to turn off “unprofitable” appliances at the right time and many other simple but effective ways to save. Each woman has her own notebook in which records and calculations are kept, and the numbers in them really reflect the effectiveness of the manipulations performed.
Ella Sydorenko, who coordinates the economic programs, brought with her two unique lectures. Twenty-one students gathered to gain new knowledge, and three of them came from the German community, with which the Community Center maintains close friendly ties. The first lecture was about competently compiling a family budget, determining expenditure items, and planning.
But the second topic seemed new and extremely necessary - the upbringing of economic literacy in children in a Jewish family. Children are our future and we always want to give them more. But that is why we often take the wrong steps, which later affect the child's further perception of money, which passes into adulthood. So, for example, by giving a child money every day for "pocket expenses", we form in him an incorrect perception of finances, which can be compared to "manna from heaven" - no matter what we do, they are there. Therefore, according to Ella Sidorenko, it is better to give money once a week in a larger amount, so that the child learns to plan his fortune and appreciate money in general. And there were many such examples.
Although the classes lasted four hours with one coffee break, the women survived this time “in one breath”. Useful information in our time is easily perceived, because there is a need for it. Since the Khmelnytskyi Charitable Foundation “Hesed Besht” aims to improve the situation of its clients, such cooperation with the “Kesher project” is positive and in demand.
The grateful listeners were presented with a handmade reisele by the guests from Dnipropetrovsk, and the OC staff provided a comfortable stay in Ternopil and a tour of the Jewish part of the city. We hope that the new information will be useful in practice and will contribute to improving the well-being of women and their families.
