Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 5, 2019 16:08:26 GMT 12
FINANCIAL MENTORING AIMS TO GET WHĀNAU OUT OF DEBT
Salvation Army spokesperson Pam Waugh says around 45 per cent of families they help are Māori and over the last 10 years poorer families have been getting “further and further behind” in debt.
According to Waugh, the highest percent of Māori living in extreme poverty are in the far North, Whangarei and Rotorua.
“We have financial mentoring plans. We have social workers. We have counselling and we have life skills groups, says Waugh.
“All of those programs work together to help a family develop new skills or help them with their financial management and financial literacy.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/financial-mentoring-aims-get-whanau-out-debt
Salvation Army spokesperson Pam Waugh says around 45 per cent of families they help are Māori and over the last 10 years poorer families have been getting “further and further behind” in debt.
According to Waugh, the highest percent of Māori living in extreme poverty are in the far North, Whangarei and Rotorua.
“We have financial mentoring plans. We have social workers. We have counselling and we have life skills groups, says Waugh.
“All of those programs work together to help a family develop new skills or help them with their financial management and financial literacy.”.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/politics/financial-mentoring-aims-get-whanau-out-debt