Barclays Ghana marks 2019 World Savings Day with 25,000 basic school pupils

Barclays Bank Ghana, part of the Absa Group, has marked the 2019 World Savings Day with students of some selected basic schools across the regions of Ghana.

Employees of the bank, numbering about 1800 including its Managing Director Mrs. Abena Osei-Poku, engaged students in nearly 80 basic schools to educate them on the essence of forming good savings habit.

About 25,000 students benefitted from the engagement which forms part of Absa’s Force for Good agenda. The bank’s Force for Good Agenda covers three key areas: Education & Skills Development, Enterprise Development and Financial Literacy.

In Accra, the Bank visited approximately 40 schools including the Bishop Mixed Junior High School at Holy Trinity Church, Accra High Street, where the students were taken through some basic tips on how to save such as getting a piggy bank or Susu box and also developing a savings plan for future spending.