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Kid$BIZ Market III Kid$BIZ Market III

Oranjestad - The Depart- partment of Economic Af- to make money by growing attended the workshops. partners and presenters for
ment of Economic Affairs, fairs, presented all 17 SDGs produce in their fields, how This year 28 children par- their contributions to the re-
Trade and Industry / IDEA, for sustainable develop- to spend money wisely and ticipated in the workshop. alization of this project.
as part of the Ministry of ment for Aruba and the what that means, what Parents are very interested
Economic Affairs, Commu- world. they consider basic needs, in these workshops. During the four days of this
nication and Sustainable The children had the op- and how to save money. project, the children dem-
Development, together portunity to choose which At the end of the project, onstrated commercial tal-
with their partners Action- of the SDGs was most im- During the sixth workshop, the 28 participating chil- ent in Aruba. IDEA wishes
COACH, Santa Rosa, RBC portant to them and why Creative Snacks Mak- dren received a certificate all children the best with
Bank, and Aruba Bank, they chose these SDGs. ing, they learned to make from the Minister of Eco- creating their products or
have organized an educa- It should stimulate future healthy snacks. Clarina nomic Affairs, Communi- services, which they will
tional project for children entrepreneurs and make Geerman of the Depart- cation and Sustainable De- present during the Kidpre-
between the ages of 9 and them more aware of the ment of Economic Affairs, velopment, Mr. Geoffrey neur$ Bazaar in December
13 years. UN Sustainable Develop- Trade and Industry helped Wever, and Mrs. Suhailah 2022.
ment Agenda 2030. the children make six differ- Rooseman-Maduro, Acting
This "Kid$ BIZ Market III" proj- ent snacks. It was indeed Director of the Directorate For more information about
ect took place on October Ludwig Rasmijn of the Di- the most enjoyable work- of Economic Affairs, Trade upcoming workshops and
3, 4, 5, and 7, 2022, at the rectorate of Agriculture, shop. and Industry. other activities, follow @
Department of Economic Livestock and Fisheries Judella Trim, Business De- IDEA is very grateful to its Idea-Aruba or Facebook.q
Affairs, Trade, and Industry. Santa Rosa, presented the velopment Advisor at IDEA,
third workshop Making Ag- presented the last work-
The children received en- riculture Cool for Kids: Kids shop, Business Plan for Kids.
trepreneurial education Agripreneur in the making. She taught the children
and learned to recognize The children learned how how to make a business
commercial opportunities. to transfer plants from one plan. The children learned
The children received a lot pot to another and to take all about a business plan
of information about busi- good care of them. They and had the opportunity to
ness management and got also learned how to plant create their business plan
the incentive to become and care for plants. The using a questionnaire for
future entrepreneurs. excitement was evident as the company they wanted
they cultivate their plant. to start.
They received information
about products, custom- In the fourth workshop, Cre- On February 28, 2018, IDEA
ers, business plan, systems, ative Card Making Estella started the project “Kidpre-
service, promotions, and Brown-Thode taught the neur$ With Big Ideas”, \p
finances. They learned to children how to make cre- for the children who assist
generate money at an ear- ative Christmas cards. In the nine out-of-school care
ly age through commercial this workshop, the children programs 'Traimerdia'.
activities. They covered had the freedom to use For children who do not
more topics during the first their creativity when mak- attend Traimerdia, IDEA
workshop Dave Martinus, ing their Christmas cards. organized a Kid$ BIZ Mar-
Certified Business Coach of ket, with a diversity of
ActionCOACH Aruba, pre- Joanaila Geerman, Branch workshops and activities
sented Get kids Started as Manager of Personal Bank- to teach and stimulate the
an entrepreneur. ing at RBC Royal Bank, and children to become entre-
Nathaly Yoho-Lampe, Con- preneurs in the future. This
On the second day of tact Center Manager at project started in 2018 dur-
the workshop Bringing the Aruba Bank NV, presented ing the fall holidays, while
SDGs to the kids, The World the fifth workshop, Finan- the second part took place
we want, Vivian Loopstok- cial Literacy: Earn, Spend in the summer holidays of
Geerman, head of the wisely and Save. 2019. During the first Kid$BIZ
Sustainable Development Market, 32 children partici-
Planning section of the De- The children learned how pated. In 2019, 31 children