Children often come from challenging home environments and are taught social and personal skills. 12:00pm - Lunch time, usually a meal of rice, vegetables and meat. Milk is provided for young children. Children who are malnourished receive additional food to take home each month, such as rice, eggs, canned fish and milk. 1:00pm - Health lessons, where children learn practical health and hygiene tips. An example topic is how to prevent malaria and HIV/AIDS transmission. 2:00pm - Letter writing and career planning. Older children work with local staff to identify their strengths and interests, and set goals for their future. Children in Thailand also participate in extracurricular activities such as games and music, community sports days, as well as community service opportunities such as anti-drug campaigns. These activities are generally held during school holidays. Every year, parents are offered parenting classes and meetings to inform them about what their children are learning at the child development centre.
Currency Risk Management The global consumer marketplace is expanding. As more and more developing economies go online, businesses are able to sell online directly to the end consumer without establishing a local subsidiary in their target market. As such, businesses are engaging in cross-border transactions more frequently. Whilst this provides opportunity for huge growth in sales, it also brings certain challenges – namely, the challenge of FX (Foreign Exchange) risk management. The goal of FX risk management is to minimise the potential of incurring currency losses caused by exchange rate movements. Different businesses choose to manage currency risk in different ways. Some companies may choose to ignore FX risk as per customer net revenue isn't one of their primary objectives. Others negate the risk entirely by only accepting payment in their functional currency. The latter approach has the disadvantage of limiting sales as it fails to give off the impression that the products being sold are local, whereas the former may lead to monetary losses due to the devaluation of the foreign currency in relation to the company's functional currency.