KPY’s focus on economic empowerment ensures that disadvantaged families and children receive the benefits of financial inclusion – equitable access to financial services for all, as they are learn strategies to seek out and gain the benefits of the full range of financial services and economic opportunities as anyone else. 

KPY believes that financial inclusion is achieved by two means – equipping and empowering. 

We equip poor and disadvantaged families by educating them in financial literacy – such things as learning how to prepare and follow a family budget as well as how to prepare a simple business plan and how to save for their future. KPY uses a highly effective group-based participatory methodology to engage families and children in practical discussion and problem solving for their real-life financial dreams and concerns. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supports the Royal Government of Cambodia’s financial inclusion strategy, and they have recognised through their research that efforts to improve access to finance by the poor have been constrained by low levels of financial literacy. 

We empower disadvantaged families by helping them to change their mindset from victim to victor mentality –growing in confidence to access appropriate financial services, and even teaching their children the benefits of saving money and taking charge of their own future. By targeting children as well as adults, KPY aligns with the initiatives of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for financial literacy among children.