Jordan

GMW national coordinator: Central Bank of Jordan Participating organisations: Al Hussein Fund for Excellence, 10 banks Total number of participating organisations: 12 Number of children and young people reached directly: 100 Number of adults reached directly: 23 Number of people reached indirectly: 8,200

During GMW 2021, the Central Bank of Jordan published a video on financial education in English and Arabic for children through their Facebook page, reaching a total of 5,600 viewers. Furthermore, together with Al Hussein Fund for Excellence and several banks a drawing competition for young kids was organised. The chosen themes for the drawings covered saving, managing expenses, and e-payments. Over 100 children in the ages of 6-10 and 11-16 years old took part. All drawings were published through the Fund’s Facebook page. The winners of the drawing competition were announced on April 27th during the Arab Financial Inclusion Day. Financial Awards provided by the CBJ were granted for top four participants of each age group, while other participants received different prizes. Two simple board games were also prepared by the CBJ. One of them was a “snakes and ladders” game for kids from first to sixth grades, aiming to raise their awareness on good and bad financial behaviours; a second game was a crosswords game targeting kids from seventh to tenth grades, which was also used to assess their knowledge of basic financial concepts.