4th and 5th graders at Hatch Elementary School in Chicago inspired by the story of One Hen started three social ventures businesses funded by their PTO; a cocoa drink business, a jewelry making business, and a fundraising drive. Their ventures made over $1200 which they donated to fund relief efforts in Haitiand micro entrepreneurs through One Hen's microfinance field partner Opportunity International. Visit http://tinyurl.com/hatchkids to see their story inpictures.

60 middle school students learned financial literacy and the value of giving back in a 2010 pilot with Peninsula Bridge Schools, a summer enrichmentprogram for students from disadvantages communities in East Palo Alto, CA. Students decided how much of their profits to save, spend and give to a charity oftheir choice. Each team of five students chose a different charity and researched the social problem it addressed so they could use this information in theirmarketing. They created money boxes to keep track of how much money they had made and learned skills in team work, leadership and, creative problem solving.Hear what kids say about One Hen "The lessons that One Hen brings to the classroom are life-changing for our students. We are very excited to see them takingpersonal initiative and growing in financial responsibility and awareness of global needs. Best of all, they feel empowered to address these needs through themoney they earn building their businesses," Rolando Victoria, site director, Peninsula Bridge Schools.

BELL National, an award winning summer and after school program, piloted Kojo's Academy in Boston with 100 students during their 2009 summer sessionswith outstanding results featured in the Boston Herald. Building on this early success the program expanded in 2010 to over 2000 children from disadvantagedcommunities in five cities who learned the basics of money management, explored social problems in their community and received $10 loans to start small jewelry making business to support local charities.

Stanford University's microfinance group SEAM (Students for Engagement and Activism in Microfinance) and Stanford's Talisman singers brought the One Henprogram to 5th graders in East Palo Alto. SEAM members taught a 6 week One Hen program in three local middle schools.{ Explore One Hen’s resources for volunteer outreach to schools.}

A Sebastopol Rotary Club member bought the One Hen book and went to www.onehen.org to download lesson plans. Members of the club started a One Hen programusing the downloaded materials and taught financial literacy and global awareness to over 600 kids in 3 elementary schools. The children were empowered tocollect pennies and donate them to fund micro entrepreneurs in Uganda and Kenya. Inspired by the impact of the program, the club has decided to expand theprogram by exhibiting results at their local district conference and inviting other clubs to implement similar programs. Other rotary clubs that have partneredwith One Hen include the Rockford Rotary Club and the Wellesley Rotary Club.