QNB recently organised competitions and entertainment programmes on the sidelines of the bank’s visit to local schools in Qatar.
The visits were held to reinforce the group’s efforts to spread awareness among future generations about the importance of managing financial resources and encouraging them to save for a better future, according to a statement.
These visits were also in continuation of the bank’s initiative launched at the start of the school year by issuing the “Money Made Easy” book, which aims to explain financial terms to students over nine years old in a simplified and modern way.
During their school visits, the QNB staff explained the book’s chapters in an “exciting manner” and rewarded the most active participants with prizes of miniature ATMs bearing the QNB logo that
work as moneyboxes that encourage them to save and invest.
QNB also offers the “Money Made Easy Book” app on mobile phones, which can be downloaded from the iTunes store in both Arabic and English, to guarantee reaching a wider section of students from all over Qatar.
The book constitutes one of QNB’s initiatives that fall within the group’s vision to focus on education as one of the key elements of the bank’s CSR strategy, the statement notes. The initiative was carried out with the help of partners from various educational institutions and schools.
QNB’s CSR officials distributed the books to the students through field visits to guarantee the book’s accessibility to the widest range of ages among students. This was done to introduce students to the basic financial, banking and economical terms used daily in budgets, commerce and banking services, as well as the finances and tools of the trade.