SEA Development Network
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Myriam Bartu Social and economic empowerment |
Myriam has been involved in development and social work for the last six years, mostly in China, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. She specialises in women’s empowerment and income generation, including financial literacy, microfinance and fair trade. Myriam has a Master degree in Chinese studies (SOAS, University of London) and is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and German and also speaks conversational Cantonese and Spanish. Most recently from her base in Hong Kong Myriam has been creating and implementing personal development and financial literacy training for low income women. She founded and is the Coordinating Director for enrich, a Hong Kong training charity serving ethnic minorities and migrant workers. In addition to her role on enrich’s board, Myriam works as a consultant and trainer for NGOs and social enterprises in China, Hong Kong and overseas. |
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You can see photos of Myriam's work or contact her for more information.
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| Financial Education |
Financial
Education is about empowering people to effectively manage their
money so as to protect themselves and improve their lives. It gives
them skills and tools to make the most of opportunities to earn,
spend, budget, save and borrow. This is crucial to families who need
to survive on a low income, and is also especially important for
microenterpreneurs and microcredit clients. Improved financial management
is beneficial to both borrowers and microfinance institutions. Myriam
supports NGOs and microfinance institutions in creating and implementing
financial education programs. She runs workshops to give master trainers
the skills and knowledge to run effective learning sessions for their
clients. |
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Myriam has six years of experience in delivering training for the staff and clients of NGOs and social enterprises. Her areas of expertise include women’s empowerment, financial literacy, microfinance, and group facilitation. She specializes in researching, adapting and translating international training resources for the use of local projects. All sessions are highly participatory and action focused, incorporating the most effective principles and practices of adult learning. Myriam runs training in English, Mandarin and French. |
| Research, Project design, monitoring and evaluating |
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Whether you are taking on research for advocacy purposes, or as part of your project design process Myriam can support you with planning, information gathering, analysis, surveys and co-ordination. She has experience in carrying out need assessments, market research and feasibility studies for prospective projects. Myriam's research experience includes microcredit projects in China, ethnic minority women in rural China, and low-income women and migrants in Hong Kong. Myriam can also support you further along the DME process in creating project design documents, setting targets and identifying suitable indicators, establishing monitoring systems and conducting project evaluations. She can facilitate internal evaluations together with project staff, or carry out evaluations independently as an outside evaluator. Myriam also offers support and advise on project expansion, improvements and restructuring. |
| Partnership Development |
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Myriam believes in the power and effectiveness of cooperation and partnership. Drawing on a network of contacts in NGOs, social enterprises, foundations and corporations in Hong Kong, China and abroad she can help to identify the people and organizations that you can work with to make a greater impact. |
| Writing, Translation and Editing |
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Good written English is crucial for publicity, be it for a website, a leaflet, a proposal or an article. Myriam can help you to write or edit articles, reports, newsletters and press releases and she can assist in getting them published. Myriam provides high quality translation from Chinese, French and German into English. She specializes in editing English text and Chinese to English translation of project design documents, proposals, and publicity materials. Interpretation and translation in English, Mandarin, French and German can be incorporated into training and consulting services where needed. |
| Ariticles and papers pubished |
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“Can Microfinance Help Sustain The Dissemination Of Renewable Energy Devises in China?”in Linking Micro Credit and Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development: Two Studies from Rural China, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association, 2007 “Searching in the dark for the Credit Switch: microfinance in China’s rural development NGOs”,China Development Brief, October 2006 “Travel with a Lighter Footprint”, and “Fair’s Fare” Positive News Hong Kong, Winter 07 and Summer 07 |
| Past Clients |
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A and B make 3 Ltd (Financial Literacy), Asian Migrants Centre, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Organisation, Christian Action, Hong Kong Federation of Women Centres, Trace Foundation, Microfinance Opportunities (Global Financial Education Program), Opportunity International China, Positive News, World Vision China, Yandy Mays (Fair Trade).
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Recent
News for Hong Kong
enrich Find our more about enrich the Hong Kong based non-profit organisation that Myriam set up to provide financial literacy and personal development training to ethnic minorities and low income women. Support Fair Trade in Hong Kong! Find out about the Fair Trade Fair coming up on Saturday 10th May and support community groups in Hong Kong that sell Fair Trade products. |
Hani women doing embroidery in Yuanyang, Yunnan as part of an income generation program.
