The Financial Literacy Association (ARFG), which was co-established by Sber, has joined hands with its partners and designed a free online course to train volunteers who will be improving the financial literacy of people with disabilities.

After taking the course, volunteers will be trained in explaining some vital economic terms. They will teach people with disabilities how to set financial goals, explain what kind of bank cards there are and how to use them, what a loan is and what kind of installments you can make, how savings accounts work, what types of taxes we pay, how the Russian insurance market works, how you can calculate your pension, and how to not fall for a scam.

The ten-module course consists of lectures with the total length of 32 hours. The graduates who defend their project will get certificates. To join the course, you need to register on the website of the association.

There are 11.5 million people with disabilities in Russia, or every 13th citizen, which is why inclusivity and accessibility of all the services the bank and its ecosystem have to offer are key to Sber's ESG agenda. Apart from providing inclusivity, you should also help people take advantage of it.

More on Sber's efforts in this line of work can be found on the website of the Special Bank project.

Stereotypes about persons with disabilities are still quite ample in Russia. For instance, many people think that these persons use financial services much less. But this is not true at all - persons with disabilities use the very same banking services that everyone else does, and they need to develop their financial literacy too.

The mission of Sberbank is to offer persons with disabilities access to this information and present it in a way that a client finds convenient, considering their special needs. We are sure that the course ARFG designed with our help will raise financial literacy among persons with disabilities and will be a step to a fully inclusive society in Russia.

Maria Levitskaya

Acting Director, Special Solutions, Sberbank

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