The training was facilitated by financial consultants from
the International Marketing Group-Wealth Academy (IMG-Wealth Academy). The 200
farmers who attended the training were selected from each of the corn farming
barangays of Urbiztondo.
In his opening remarks, Mayor Martin Sison II highlighted
that trainings like this are beneficial especially to farmers. He requested the
“attendees to share the knowledge that they have gained from the seminar to
their fellow farmers and neighbors so that everyone can benefit from it.”
Meanwhile,
Ms Charina Garrido-Ocampo, Corporate Affairs Lead of Monsanto Philippines,
stressed the importance of broadening financial literacy in the rural parts of
the country. “According to the 2015 survey of Standard & Poor’s (S&P)
Ratings Services, Philippines is one of the 30 least financially literate
countries in the world, and only 25% of Filipino adults are aware of the basics
of managing their finances,” Ocampo said.
During the seminar, the farmers were trained how to manage
their income and were taught some strategies on how to save money. The
financial consultants from IMG gave a lecture on how to build a solid financial
foundation. “When it comes to securing and saving for their future, many people
fail. They don’t set out to fail, but they do because they failed to plan and
manage their personal finances. They lack financial education,” said Mr. Budz
Oblena, one of the speakers from IMG- Wealth Academy.
This is
the third financial literacy training which Monsanto conducted. The first one
was held in Bukidnon where they trained 300 farming families on financial and
digital literacy, followed by a seminar in Cagayan where they reached out to
200 government employees and underprivileged college students.
In her closing remarks, Vice Mayor Marilyn Sison expressed
her gratitude to Monsanto Philippines for helping the farmers in Urbiztondo.
“Our focus in on agriculture-- most importantly our farmers. We are happy that
Monsanto reached out to us and we appreciate that they have chosen our
Municipality to be a beneficiary of their activity,” she articulated.
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