BHB NewsLetter September 2019

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Issue 21 - SEPTEMBER 2019
BAHRAIN BOURSE KICKS-OFF SMART INVESTOR SUMMER EVENT
Bahrain Bourse kicked-off
the ‘Smart Investor Summer
E v e n t ’ w h i c h i n c l u d e d
a s e r i e s of e dut ai nment
activities for children of various
age groups at the West Wing of
the Seef Mall during the period 12-
13 July 2019. The Smart Investor
Summe r Ev e n t p r o v i d e s
children with the opportunity
of role-play in various stations
designed to help them gain
practical financial knowledge.
Children participating in the
activities are required to complete
all six stations to earn the ‘Smart
Investor’ badge. Station activities
included: Smart Investor Challenge,
Smart Investor Market, Smart
Investor Merchandise Store, Smart
Investor ATM, Smart Investor Art
Space, Smart Investor Library,
Smart Investor Puzzle. All of the
activities have been catered to
enrich children’s experience
with core financial knowledge
u s i ng c omp e l l i ng s av i ng
& i nv e s t me n t c on c e p t s .
Bahrain Bourse is particularly
thankful to the network of sponsors
whom have sponsored ‘Smart
Investor’ program in the interest
of enhancing investment awareness
amongst young students: Strategic
Partner: Tamkeen (Labour Fund),
Silver Sponsors include: Ahli
United Bank, GFH Financial
Group, and Ithmaar Holding.
The ‘Smart Investor’ program, with
the objective of enhancing financial
literacy concepts and awareness
in order to instill core life skills
at an early age leading to sound
financial decisions in the future.
The Smart Investor program
conducted by Bahrain Bourse in
collaboration with INJAZ Bahrain,
is an awareness program targeted
towards elementary school students
with the aim of enhancing
financial literacy concepts and
awareness by equipping young
students with basic concepts
related to money management,
savings and smart financial
planning through interactive
edutainment activities. By
participating in the program,
students learn various financial
literacy terminologies, recognize
the importance of savings and gain
knowledge on various financial
planning concepts to make sound
financial decisions. The Program
consists of 7 themed sessions
designed to equip students with
the following concepts: Thinking,
Specifying, Planning, Execution,
Saving, Progression, and Evaluation.
It is worth noting that the Smart
Investor program has been
inaugurated during the 2018-
2019 academic ye ar, and
implemented across 76 schools,
213 classes, targeting more than
6,291 students within Grade 4
elementary level, exceeding the
KPI target of beneficiaries by 14%.