HABITAT PARA LA HUMANIDAD COSTA RICA - ALFABETIZACION FINANCIERA

Together, we can make positive changes in the communities where we live and work.

Habitat for Humanity Costa Rica doesn’t just build houses. In conjunction with CitiGroup, we are developing a project we call Financial Education, which seeks to raise awareness within the families of the importance of maintaining healthy credit, in two ways: the first relates to the good management of family finances, and the second to the importance of completing loan payments obtained for housing in a timely manner.

This Project is structured according to the Vella methodology, which focuses on adult education and the effective participation of volunteers as leaders.

The development of the project requires the formation of facilitators in the area of family finances who are in charge of training the families in aspects related to the characteristics of credit, family income and expenditures, rights and responsibilities, and savings, among others.

The following are the activities planned for this year:

MONTH	PLACE	ACTIVITY
Saturday March, 1st	Sarapiquí Poás de Alajuela	Families workshop Building a house
April	To define	Workshop preparation volunteers Citi facilitators
April	Buenos Aires Río Claro San Vito	Families workshop
May	Esparza Puntarenas Monteverde	Families workshop
June	Guanacaste	Families workshop
July	San Ramón	Families workshop
August	Cartago	Workshop with arrears families
September	Alajuela	Workshop with families applicants
October	Región Central	Workshop with families interested in micro-credits
November	Región Central	Monitoring families trained (Minimum 15 families)
December 5th	Región Central Results	Activity on volunteer´s day Focus group

Undoubtedly , this project seeks to reach as many families in various regions where Habitat works as possible. It is in these places where our volunteer network plays its most important role.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE