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SPBD FINANCIAL EDUCATION

FACILITATOR OF THE YEAR 2020

LAISA VAKALOLOMA

Congratulations to Laisa Vakaloloma of Lakena
Centre, who is SPBD’s Financial Education
Facilitator of the Year 2020.

The SPBD Financial Education Facilitator
of the Year and finalists are recognised for
demonstrating great dedication and consistency
in mentoring their co-members in maintaining
their financial diaries and managing their
household and business finances.
Laisa believes her success is due to her ability to
teach the Lakena Centre members to manage
and record their own accounts. She says after
learning how to fill out the accounting records
herself at the SPBD headquarters, she came
back and taught the other members.

“I gave them homework, and they came back
the next week and I checked that,” she says.
“Now they fully understand how to manage
their money, how to spend it, and how to save
their money.” Laisa has been a member of SPBD for two years.
Through the COVID-19 related lockdowns and She makes and sells jewellery and purini and set
economic downturn, Vakaloloma continued up a small market store on her property during
to encourage members. “I told them, ‘keep up COVID.
the good work you are doing’, and that if their “Us women, we have skills. We just need to
old business was going down, they should try make use of it. At home we can cook, we can
another business.” sell, we are good at many things.”

SPBD FINANCIAL EDUCATION FACILITATOR OF
THE YEAR FINALISTS

Congratulations to
the two other finalists
who are also recog-
nised for demonstrat-
ing great dedication
and consistency in
mentoring their co-
members in main-
taining their financial
diaries and managing
their household and
business finances. Akesa Ligalevu Adimaitoga Dreketirua
Waikete Centre Raralevu Centre

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