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The last quarter has seen a lot of growth in One Hen with a successful pilot of our afterschool/summer curriculum featured in the Boston Herald, two new staff members and many new partnerships in Ghana and in San
Francisco. For those of you who are receiving this newsletter for the first time, we thought you'd like to hear the latest on how One Hen, Inc. is helping students
and microentrepreneurs hatch their dreams.If you would like to get more involved, consider becoming a fan of our facebook page or even including One Hen in your company’s employee giving program or contributing $1 - $250 as
a “Friend of One Hen”, our individual giving program.
- Katie Smith Milway, Founder, katie@onehen.org
- Amma Sefa-Dedeh, Executive Director, amma@onehen.org
What is One Hen?
One Hen, Inc. a 501(c)(3) organization, is a provider of enrichment curriculum that introduces elementary school
children to concepts of financial responsibility, personal initiative, global awareness and the value of giving back. Our mission is to help children become global
citizens who succeed in school and beyond and marry that success to helping others.
One Hen achieves this by equipping teachers with Internet-based and hands-on resources and activities that
bring world issues into the classroom and allow children to learn through participation, play with concepts, and make a difference for others and for themselves. The
first One Hen curriculum teaches microfinance and entrepreneurship through real-life stories and a virtual microentrepreneurs’ market, that lets kids
participate in sending real loans to real entrepreneurs (www.onehen.org). A second One Hen curriculum based on the forthcoming
book, “The Good Garden,” to launch in Fall 2010, will introduce children to the concept of sustainable agriculture and food security.
What's New at One
Hen
One Hen Enrichment Curriculum Pilot in Boston Inspires Inner-City Students.
 The pilot of our enrichment curriculum implemented in three inner-city BELL locations in Boston
successfully introduced students to entrepreneurship and giving back, as featured in the Boston Herald. Children
learned how business works through stories of micro-entrepreneurs from developing countries who, with very small loans and hard work pulled themselves out of
poverty. From the results of this pilot we are even more convinced that elementary school years are the time to seed an entrepreneurial vision in the lives of
children, especially those from disadvantaged communities. We watched with joy as students became captivated by the world of work, proud of the small
businesses they launched with $10 loans, and more aware of needs in their communities and how they could play a role in meeting them. Read more about the results of the program or see more pictures of children learning
and having fun.
One Hen expands After-School Programs with City Year and BELL
  This fall 14 City Year New York locations will be using the One Hen curriculum with elementary school children in their Starfish
program. BELL National will also be running One Hen programs in 10 after-school locations all over the country. The after school curriculum teaches students how
business works through hands-on activities and the simple stories of microentrepreneurs. One Hen continues to complete the virtuous cycle of microfinance by matching
real loans to real entrepreneurs through schoolchildren playing interactive games and investing “bead” winnings on www.onehen.org, and then bringing microentrepreneurs’ success stories back to classrooms to inspire more children to
entrepreneurial visions for their own lives. If you would like to run a One Hen program in an after-school program, school or club, email letters@onehen.org
New One Hen Bead Drive
Underway!
 Thanks to support from students, teachers and families for the 2008-2009 One Hen Bead Drive, $50,000 in real loans was provided to
African entrepreneurs by our partner, Opportunity International!
A new One Hen Bead Drive is now under way!
Opportunity International and Microplace have pledged $100,000 to the One Hen 2009-2010 Bead Fund, which provides loans abroad as children invest beads on www.onehen.org's virtual entrepreneurs’ market! Our Goal is to invest 10,000,000 beads, matching a penny per bead to the
$100,000 pledge! The challenge is on! Invest 2,000 beads to match a real $20 loan!
Play today and make a difference!
Bead Drive Start Date: 07/01/09 - End Date:
06/30/10
Virtual Beads Invested as of 09/01/09: 28,554
Real Loans to Entrepreneurs as of 09/01/09: $285
One Hen partners with Databank to run program in
Ghana 
One Hen is partnering with leading Ghanaian financial services company Databank Group to educate elementary school
children in Ghana about financial literacy, investing and the value of giving back. The program begins with a pilot in three schools in Accra, Ghana. Staff from the
Databank Universal Economic School and One Hen volunteers will be implementing the after-school program.
Partnership
Updates
Kids Care Week-Microfinance for Kids-Feed the Hungry project inspired by One Hen book
 Kids Care Week is celebrated during the third week of October. The theme of Kids Care Week 2009, which takes place from October 18th to October 24th, is Microfinance for Kids and Feed the Hungry. The goal of Kids Care Week 2009 is to educate kids about microfinance and world hunger by implementing a service project that will feed the hungry, locally, nationally or globally. Read More...
Goldman Sachs and Opportunity International
Volunteers Bring Microfinance Lessons to Kids in Harlem
 Goldman Sachs employees volunteered through the Goldman Sachs Community Teamworks, along with Opportunity International and One Hen
members to lead a workshop to bring microfinance lessons from Africa to children in Harlem, New York on Thursday, July 23rd. Approximately 100 fourth and fifth
graders from a BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) summer school program attended the "Learn the Story" workshop. The Community TeamWorks program gives Goldman
Sachs' employees one day off each year to volunteer in team-based projects coordinated with local nonprofit organizations. Over 25 employees participated in the
"Learn the Story," workshop. Read More...
One Hen and Sow Hope Rock at Reading Festival in
Rockford
 One Hen Executive Director Amma Sefa-Dedeh was a guest reader at the first ever Reading Rocks in Rockford reading festival in Rockford
Michigan organized by the Rockford Rotary. As part of the celebration, One Hen held a teachers workshop which was co-sponsored by International Women?s nonprofit Sow
Hope and Bishop Hills Elder Care Community. It was a wonderful time of building relationships with schools and libraries in the award winning Rockford school
district and we look forward to running more One Hen programs there in the coming year.
In the News
Rockford Independent, Rockford MI 09/02/09
Game for Change
08/26/09
Boston Herald 07/26/09
Almanac News, Menlo Park, CA 07/22/09
 ABC World News profile by Charlie Gibson 05/01/09
Reggcognitions
2009 The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) finalists
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
http://www.bookcentre.ca
2009 US Children's Africana Book award
Awarded by a consortium of African American colleges
http://www.AfricaAccessReview.org
2009 Massachusetts Book Award
http://www.massbook.org/bookawards.html
Bank Street College 2009 Best Children’s Book List
http://www.bnkst.edu/bookcom/
2009 Computerworld 21st Century Achievement Award- Laureate and Finalist
http://www.cwhonors.org/?bcpid=29155250001&bctid=29290488001
Click Here for a full
listing of One Hen awards
Speggcial Thanks
Special thank you to our One Hen Summer Interns and Volunteers
Alex Avery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA for his work on the One Hen social media and new One Hen facebook page.
Austin Tamaddon, Menlo School, Menlo Park, CA for his audio and production services provided in creating the new One Hen video (coming soon!)
Tarush Agarwal, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, for building the Wikipedia page, developing tracking metrics for One Hen and helping
create fundraising presentations.
La Entrada Middle School Students, Menlo Park, CA for helping with One Hen video production
Meena Bolourehi, for the wonderful photos of the One Hen summer program.
You're all eggstra special!
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