DORKAS Orphanage
ABOUT
Dorkas Orphanage is an all-female orphanage established in 1888. Throughout our 6-month long partnership from February to August of 2021, we will be teaching young girls, separated into 4 classes according to their education level (Primary School, Middle School, High School and University-Level), about business skills and financial literacy.
OUR IMPACT
We taught lessons on:
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• Financial literacy
• Financial planning
• Career prep
• Basic economics
• Statistical decision-making
• Entrepreneurship and the business world
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ACTIVITIES
Money Journal
To train our students in building positive financial habits, we had them update a Money Journal to document their personal finances.
One of our students' Money Journal
CVs
Under our career prep module, our students created their own CVs with guidance from SSS mentors.
One of our students' Money Journal
A few of the marketing posters crafted by our students
student businesses
Our hardworking students started their own businesses! From crafting their own marketing posters to making their own products, we couldn't be prouder of what they accomplished.
Working with our students to make their business plans