FeaturedField notes·12 June 2026·6 min read
Two years of FinSpire: what 1,000 women taught us about money
When we started in a Mumbai building lobby we assumed we were teaching maths. We were actually teaching permission.
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What we learn in the room, written down.
Essays and field notes from our volunteers, plus every presentation deck we use in workshops — readable slide by slide right here, free to adapt and translate.
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Schemes
The five government schemes most Indian women never claim
Sukanya Samriddhi, PMJDY, Ujjwala, Mudra and PMMVY — who qualifies, what you need, and where applications fail.
28 May 20265 min
Safety
UPI fraud is targeting first-time users. Here's the script we teach.
Six red flags in every scam call, and the one sentence that ends the conversation safely.
9 May 20264 min
Curriculum
Why we teach compound interest with rice grains, not formulas
A chessboard, a fistful of rice, and the moment a room of women realises what waiting is worth.
21 April 20267 min
Enterprise
Pricing lessons from our women-led SME exhibitions
Most first-time sellers priced below cost. Here's the two-column worksheet that fixed it in one afternoon.
3 April 20265 min
Chapters
How a FinSpire chapter starts: Ghana in four weeks
Recruiting, translating the curriculum and running a first workshop — the exact playbook our leads use.
17 March 20264 min
Book
Writing Mind Over Money at seventeen
On interviewing thirty women, cutting the jargon, and why the first chapter is about inheritance, not income.
2 March 20263 min
Technology
Building AapkaScheme: an AI tool for welfare access
How we turned hundreds of pages of eligibility rules into a conversation a first-time user can finish.
14 Feb 20266 min
Presentations
Workshop decks, free to use
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Financial Literacy 101
Our core workshop deck: income, budgeting, banking and safe saving.
90 minutesView deck →
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Needs vs Wants (for schools)
Illustrated deck for classrooms, pairs with our playable Needs vs Wants game.
40 minutesView deck →
🖥️9 slides
Government Schemes Explained
Eligibility, documents and application walkthroughs for five key schemes.
75 minutesView deck →
🖥️8 slides
Scam & Fraud Awareness
UPI, OTP, lottery and loan-app scams, with live role-play prompts.
60 minutesView deck →
🖥️9 slides
Start a Small Business
Costing, pricing, record-keeping and microloans for home enterprises.
2 hoursView deck →
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Volunteer Facilitator Guide
How to run a FinSpire workshop end to end, including translation tips.
Training session · 90 minutesView deck →