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Wednesday 4 March 2020

Children’s artwork Global Money Week Aruba handed over to

Fundashon di Museo Aruba

ORANJESTAD — In foster- ernment of Aruba (Futura
ing financial education in & IDEA), Guardian Group,
Aruba over the past two Kiwanis Club of Aruba,
years, the Central Bank of Qredits, RBC, and Setar
Aruba has led the initia- N.V., as well as many other
tive to annually organize a collaborators.
national financial educa- By way of an interactive
tion program in the form of “financial treasure hunt”,
Global Money Week Aruba more than 50 elementary
(GMWA). In order to orga- school classes completed
nize this national financial the financial education
education program, which route in downtown San
is directed towards chil- Nicolas in 2018 and 2019.
dren, the CBA collaborates The children visited 7 differ-
with local partners such as ent stations that follow the
Aruba Bank N.V., Banco di financial cycle; Discover, touched upon a topic, and
Caribe, Caribbean Mer- Learn, Earn, Save, Spend, learned in an interactive
cantile Bank, CIBC First Share and Innovate. At way about the different
Caribbean, Ennia, the Gov- each station, the children characteristics of the florin
banknotes, the purposes
Aruba to Me and uses of money, as well
as how to make respon-
sible choices in financial
ORANJESTAD – We would like to portrait you! By inviting matters.
you to send us your favorite vacation picture while en-
joying our Happy Island. Complete the sentence: Aru- During both years the chil-
ba to me is ……. Send your picture with text (including dren also participated in a
your name and where you are from) to: news@aruba- Global Money Week Aru-
today.com and we will publish your vacation memory ba art project at the SAVE
in our newspaper. Isn’t that a special way to keep your station, which is hosted by
best moments alive? Please do note: By submitting Guardian Group, CIBC First
photos, text or any other materials, you give permission Caribbean, and ENNIA.
to The Aruba Today Newspaper, Caribbean Speed The children collectively
Printers and any of its affiliated companies to use said created an art work made
materials, as well as names, likeness, etc. for promo- out of coins. On December
tional purposes without compensation. 18th 2019, this art work was
officially handed over to
Last but not least: check out our website and Face- Fundashon di Museo Aruba
book page! Thank you for supporting our free newspa- (FMA) as a symbol of grati-
per, we strive to make you a happy reader every day tude and collaboration
again. between the partners of
GMWA.
For today’s newspaper we received a great picture
from Barry and Connie Robb from Steubenville Ohio. Globally, the importance
of financial education is
They wrote: acknowledged as impera-
tive to personal financial
Aruba to me is “Life in the Slow Lane”!q well-being, as well as a
necessary condition for
developing a sustainable
and inclusive society. The
increasing relevance of fi-
nancial education as an
important life skill, particu-
larly for the next genera-
tion, is featured prominent-
ly on national agenda’s as
observed by the organiza-
tion of the Global Money
Week. initiatives for 2020, which jestad, please visit and fol-
this year will take place low our Facebook page
For more information about during the week of March ‘Global Money Week Aru-
GMWA and our plans and 23-27 in downtown Oran- ba’. q