Fundación Paraguaya (FP) has implemented the Poverty Stoplight (PS) Program to empower impoverished families to combat their multidimensional poverty. The PS measures the poverty of various aspects of a family’s living situation and categorizes them under 50 different indicators. Data from FP has shown that families struggle the most with the savings and budgeting indicators. Thus, our goal was to develop training materials for social workers in these two areas so they could further assist the families. We conducted focus groups with the social workers and their mentors to gather data for the materials. The training materials were in the form of five short videos about how to teach and motivate families to budget and save. Our recommendation is to prioritize the development of audiovisual material over written alternatives.

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Creator

• Borges, Enzo M.
• Simpson, Lindberg K.

Subject

• Learning
• Community
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 24531
• E-project-051321-175904

Keyword

• Budget
• Save
• Paraguay
• Advising Strategies
• Poverty
• Social Worker

Advisor

• Traver, Robert W.
• Rivera, Angel A.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Asunción, Paraguay Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Fundacion Paraguaya

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 1 - No Poverty

Date created

• 2021-05-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright