JA Building a Financially Capable Generation is a financial education experience for young people. It is designed to enable students to gain the skillset, mindset, and behaviours they need to own their financial futures. 

Learning Experience

The more you know about managing your money—ways to earn it, how to spend it wisely, and how to save money—the more control you have over your life. 

That is why we partnered with HSBC and created JA Building a Financially Capable Generation: so that young people gain financial management skills, practice smart behaviours, and take actions that enable sustainable living.

Learning Goals

JA is bringing teachers and volunteers to translate financial literacy into financial capability by illustrating it is not just what young people know but whether they have the willingness, confidence, and opportunity to act. Our goal for students is that participants in the learning experience will:

• See the value in managing money proactively.
• Identify what is needed to make appropriate money management decisions and act on them.
• Acquire the skills to turn knowledge into practice.
• Believe and have confidence they can act according to their interests.
• Evaluate barriers to active money management.

In 2022, teachers and volunteers in 17 countries are delivering the three-part learning experience to groups of students ages 12-16 in schools, community centers, and virtual spaces.

Learning Components

The JA Building a Financially Capable Generation learning experience is designed to reinforce characteristics and behaviors of a financially capable person.  Educators and volunteers coach students through the following activities while creating opportunities for them to demonstrate and apply their learning: 

• Financial Capability Workshop:  Volunteers and educators introduce students to key concepts and strategies for managing their money.

• FinQuest App: Students experience and overcome money management challenges through a free financial education app.
• Global FinCap Challenge: Teams of students develop ideas for social action through an intensive innovation camp and international competition.