Everyone always thinks of financial education as the panacea to the “Underbanked Problem.”  “Just teach them how things work,” they say.  Of course, most financial literacy projects are well-intended nonsense for people who actually know a lot about financial services, but with a different set of needs and cultural norms than “we” have.  So, anyway, I’m not a fan of most financial education I’ve seen.

But I love what the Sosa’s are doing in a very busy new blog called the Mango Grove.  Announced with usual Sosa bravado, I was interested and skeptical.  But with what is now becoming a consistent track record of true innovation, not just a one-off effort manifest in the dominant prepaid account super-star NetSpend, this little blog is a busy pipeline of pent up creative financial education cum-fun, media savvy, multi-media chit chat, filled with practical ideas and cool art.  I totally love it.  Best is that most days you don’t even need to read a word to get what they’re saying.

Total kodus for making an ongoing effort.  How many “concept” blogs have you seen announced who post a couple times and it fizzles out?  Of course everything comes to an end, but the Grove has been cooking up fun stuff with a clip that smells like genuine inspiration, a genuine voice and will.  I really love it.