My Oral Village

My Oral Village (MOVE) is a Canadian not-for-profit mission founded in 2011. MOVE is dedicated to make formal financial services accessible to people who cannot read, write, or work with numbers in conventional ways. The organization addresses the needs of the 1+ billion adults worldwide with limited literacy and numeracy, living in ‘oral’ cultures, ensuring they are not excluded from safe savings, payments, borrowing, and financial decision‑making.

At its core, MOVE’s mission is to:

• Design ultra‑inclusive financial tools: interfaces, forms, mobile apps, and processes that rely on visual and intuitive cues rather than text or complex numbers
• Enable low‑literacy households to manage money safely, especially in low‑income environments where financial mistakes can be catastrophic.
• Partner with financial institutions, NGOs, and regulators to embed oral‑friendly design into real products and systems.
• Advance research and global standards for financial inclusion that recognize literacy & numeracy barriers as a major structural exclusion factor.
• Empower vulnerable populations, especially women, to build financial confidence, autonomy, and resilience.

My Oral Village works to ensure that no one is excluded from the financial system because they cannot read or handle numbers.