JCI Kagayhaan Gold teaches kids to be business-minded

THE Junior Chamber International (JCI) Kagayhaan Gold conducted a half-day seminar on innovation and starting a business for kids last Saturday, July 14, at the Gusa Elementary School, Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City.

“We teach children yung iba't ibang (various) skills, ways to be better, at an early age, we want them to know how to be business-minded,” Owen Jaen, president of JCI Kagayhaan Gold, said.

The Teach the Streets program, now in its second year, is part of the JCI's projects in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

According to Jaen, last year, children seven years and below in Barangay Nazareth were taught the importance of the environment through lectures and workshops on solid waste management, marine life, among others.

“But this year, its more on uplifting their economic status by telling the children how to be more productive, how to be more innovative, and how to be more business-minded for them to be able to have extra income for themselves,” Jaen said.

“We are not saying that they should stop school, or they should be more on business, but this is something that they can do more productively. And we also taught them about valuing money, valuing the importance of having money, and also how to budget their money well,” he added.

The seminar has three parts:(1) Pastillas Ta Kids, a pastillas-making workshop for kids; (2) Batang CEO, where kids were taught of basics entrepreneurship such as learning terms like capital and profit; and (3) Kids Can Sell, teaching the kids on how to sell and market their products.

“This is actually instilling in them that they could also have the option to become a CEO in the future by having that mind-set already as early as 10, 11, 12 [years old]. So we taught them costing, budgeting and portioning of the sample product that we have, like the pastillas,” Jaen said.

“We want them to know the marketing side of the business that it’s just not about the product, it’s how you present the product to make it more appealing,” he added.

Jaen said they decided to conduct this year's Teach The Streets to children ages 10 to 12 years old (grade 5 to grade 6) as these are the ages where it’s easier for them to understand the business side of things.

“To open their minds on becoming aware that there are also possibilities of becoming a businessman in the future. They should not be stuck in the notion that they should be educated to be employees in the future. They can also become owners of their future businesses,” Jaen said.

“And even if they are in a public school, they may come from a marginalize family, it will not stop them from attaining such status or level in life if they push on what they want to in the future. So at least in an early age, they now have an idea that that is a possibility that they can pursue,” he added.

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