10thousandgirl

The 10thousandgirl Campaign is a social program bringing finance to life for 10,000 young women around Australia and setting a ripple effect in motion to raise $1million towards a microfinance program to help women globally.

The 10thousandgirl Campaign gives girls the tools and motivation to map out their life goals and to understand the cornerstone financial principles that underpin success through long term saving and investing by providing;

  • Life Planning Workshops
  • Personal Finance Program
  • A motivated and supportive community

The more Australian girls who take part in the campaign, the more women around the world who are able to break poverty cycles through the utilisation of micro-loans. 

The first series of Life Planning Workshops, sponsored by ING DIRECT, are being held in major Australian cities at Napoleon Perdis Makeup Academy venues where girls can enjoy a life and finance makeover, as well as a beauty makeover. These workshops are part of a national awareness campaign running from February to June 2010. One lucky workshop participant nationally will be in the running to win $10,000 towards her savings plan.

The 10thousandgirl Campaign officially launches in late 2010 with the start of the 10-part Personal Finance Program educating women on the basics of finance in an approach never before seen. 2011 is when the 10thousandgirl regional bus tour takes off, delivering the Workshops into 106 regional Australian communities.

The aim to inspire a ripple effect; when a girl knows where she’s heading and how to get there, she is able to inspire those around her. 10thousandgirls’ partnership with Opportunity International Australia ensures the ripple is felt globally, providing education and finance loans to women in developing countries to launch their own businesses. The Campaign is supported by private and government partners enabling the Life Planning Workshops and Personal Finance Program to be distributed widely and affordably.

Contact us for how you or your organisation can become involved.

The 10thousandgirl Campaign is a social business venture toward the fairer distribution of wealth, power, knowledge and love – in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. 

How It Works

Some said “I’m scared of money”, some said “I’ve never touched money, I don’t know what to do with it.”. When they say that, I always think, this is not her voice. It is the voice of history. She is the product of this history.

So we have to be very patient. We have to pull off the fears which are created around her, and after a while she says, “Maybe I will try”.

If a woman tries and if she is successful, then her neighbours become very interested and they say, “If she can do it, then maybe I can do it too.”

And if they are successful, that will open up the snowball effect.

An excerpt from speech by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Grameen Bank, March 2010 See more

Life Planning Workshop

Get a life and finance makeover ..and a beauty makeover! The first series of one day Life Planning Workshops are being held at Napoleon Perdis Makeup Academy venues in capital cities from February to June 2010.

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Personal Finance Program

Find out more about the one year Personal Finance Program. Available from June 2010, we're looking for girls to jump on the boat early. Provide feedback on each of the modules and receive your program free!

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    The Sydney Morning Herald – Sisters doing it for themselves

    24th Jul 2010

    Publication: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald – Money section
    Published: 20 July 2010
    Journalist: Anneli Knight

    There are now lots of great tools to help women improve their finances and understand money.

    There is a social shift emerging that is transforming the way women control their finances. After years of financial literacy reports and surveys finding that Australian women are trailing [...]

    Profiled 10thousandgirl – Victoria Craw

    15th Jun 2010

    The very first steps I’m going to take right now are… to pay off my student loan, win the $10,000 from ING DIRECT and save for a deposit on a house!

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    Carmen McIntosh

    My financial goals for the next 12 months are… to be in a position to use rental income to pay off my mortgage (instead of getting into even more debt), to have established some sort of investment portfolio and to achieve a higher grade in my career (meaning higher pay). Read more

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