Over Aflatoun

WIE ZIJN WIJ?

Wij zijn een NGO, gevestigd in Amsterdam, die sociaal en financieel onderwijs biedt aan meer dan 10 miljoen kinderen en jonge mensen wereldwijd.

We geloven dat elk kind dezelfde kansen verdient in het leven en we creëren kansen door kinderen te onderwijzen op het gebied van sociale en financiële educatie.

Waarom zijn we ontstaan?

Aflatoun biedt sociaal en financieel onderwijs aan kinderen en jongeren in Nederland en diverse andere landen. Op een praktische en speelse manier leren de kinderen essentiële vaardigheden waar ze nu zelfstandiger en later financieel onafhankelijk van worden, dit vaak in tegenstelling met hun ouders nu. Zij doorbreken de negatieve spiraal waarin hun ouders zitten. De innovatieve methode van Aflatoun stelt kinderen in staat een positieve draai te geven aan hun leven en zo de vicieuze cirkel van ongelijkheid en armoede te doorbreken.

Wat doen we?

We ontwikkelen lesmateriaal voor kinderen, jongeren en jongvolwassenen tussen de 3 en 24+ jaar oud. De lesprogramma’s worden gegeven door leraren en/of trainers die hiervoor worden opgeleid door ons. Vervolgens krijgen de kinderen en jongvolwassenen op school 20 á 40 uur les over sociale en financiële educatie. Dit gebeurt spelenderwijs, waarbij het kind altijd centraal staat. We geloven in onze lesprogramma’s en zijn trots dat zowel Harvard en Stanford ons hebben uitgeroepen tot een van de meest innovatieve lesprogramma’s.

Vision

Mission

History

Socially and economically
empowered children and young people who act as agents of change in their own lives for a more equitable world.

Ensure access to quality, inclusive, child-centred social & financial education for all children and young people, especially the most vulnerable.

In 1991 Aflatoun started in Mumbai, India, as a project by Jeroo Billimoria, who was doing research at the Tata School of Social Studies. More

THE AFLATOUN TEAM

Roeland Monasch

Co-CEO

Lama Yazbeck

Co-CEO

Kirsten Theuns

Director of Programmes

Rocio Pilar Andia

Regional Coordinator, Americas

Cristina Peña

Programme Manager, Americas

Alessandra Villanueva

Intern, Americas

Saida Mamadjonova

Programme and Partnership Advisor, Government Engagement Specialist, High Income Countries, Europe and Central Asia

Ya-Ling Chao

Regional Coordinator, Asia

Lucky Lumingkewas

Programme Manager, Asia

Mohamadou Badiaga

Programme Manager, Francophone Africa

Waliou Yessoufou

Regional Coordinator, Francophone Africa

Mozna Abumery

Programme Research Specialist

Nancy Abu Hayyaneh

Regional Coordinator, Middle East and North Africa

Grace Saba

Regional Coordinator, Anglophone Africa

Tendai Carlton Saunyama

Regional Coordinator, Anglophone Africa

Sabrina Zebinger

Programmes Coordinator

Eman Shaukat

Office Management Intern

Shivani Sharma

National Integration Specialist

Iari Vehuliza

Manager – Project Management Unit

Marina Amoah

Project Manager

Katerina Zejdlova

Project Manager

Mubish Belim

Project Reporting Officer

Abdullah Alam

Director, Education and Innovations

Gabriela Gutierrez

Education Team Lead

Chandni Mehta

Education Specialist

Sarah Ghazal

Education Specialist

Niveen Reza

Education Specialist

Sreelakshmi P.R

Education Specialist

Zunara Nauman

Education Specialist

Paul Moclair

Training Consultant

Maxwell Kyei Baffour

Digital Learning Manager

Gemma Bosch Martinez

Digital Learning Specialists

Ghadeer Taki

Digital Learning Specialists

Mohamadou Bello

Digital Learning Specialist

Tomohisa Miyamoto

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Anna Barquinero Campodarve

Consultant, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL)

Magdalena Gawlak

Communications Manager

Elisabetta Spoldi

Communications Specialist

Yara Mansour

Resource Mobilization Technical Specialist

Aaltje Veen

Education Manager, Aflatoun Nederland

Sarkis Warzabedian

Director – Finance and Operations

Kristina Irčinovienė

Assistant Accountant

Magdalena Morawiecka

HR Manager

Chitra Mookerjee

HR Officer and PA to the CEO

THE AFLATOUN BOARD

Joanne Kellermann

Supervisory Board Member, Chair

Petra Zijp

Supervisory Board Member

Anna Koivuniemi

Supervisory Board Member

Sander Volten

Supervisory Board Member

Herman Hulst

Supervisory Board Member

Olivier van Riet Paap

Supervisory Board Member

Aaron (Alan) Wang

Special Representative for China

Rishad Byramjee

Meljol Special Representative

Ana Yris Guzman

Global Network Board Member, Americas

Hamida Jahamah

Global Network Board Member, Middle East and North Africa

Assane Sankara

Global Network Board Member, Francophone Africa

Mercy Luhanga Mchechu

Global Network Board Member, Anglophone Africa

Sylvia Okinlay Paraguya

Global Network Board Member, Asia

Luan Imeri

Global Network Board Member, Europe and Central Asia

FOUNDER & ADVISOR TO THE CEO

Jeroo Billimoria

Founder

Rob Becker

Advisor to the CEO

Supporters & Donors

We are most grateful to the organisations who have most generously provided financial and in-kind support, enabling Aflatoun’s programmes to reach children and young people all over the world.We are most grateful to the a organisations who have most generously provided financial and in-kind support, enabling Aflatoun’s programmes to reach children and young people all over the world. [email protected]

IN-KIND SUPPORTERS

Our Annual Reports

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a challenging, unpredictable year for all of us. At Aflatoun International, we had to innovate, adapt, and find new ways of supporting our partners and delivering social and financial education to children and youth worldwide. We have been inspired by the resilience and creativity of our partner network. Despite the challenges, through its global network of partner organisations, Aflatoun reached 5.6 million children and young people in 2020: 3.1 million through civil society organisations, and 2.5 million through governments.

To download our 2020 Annual Report, click on the picture or click here.

Strategy Document

Aflatoun International Strategy 2016-2020

Based upon an environmental scan and reflections on the lessons learned, including a survey among the network partners, the new strategy for the organisation (2016-2020) has been developed. The coming five years we are committed to work together towards Social & Financial Education being recognised as an integral element of quality education and a key enabler for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Aflatoun International should be recognised as the thought leader on Child Social & Financial Education. An active global network will exchange ideas, experiences and best-practices on important issues like SFE implementation, delivering at scale with equity and quality assurance. The strategy document outlines the key strategic directions for the next five years.