Teaching Kids About Microfinance
Posted by Carole Matthews at 3:03 PM
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, published by Kids Can Press and written by Katie Smith Millway, and its interactive website, OneHen.org, were inspired by the story of Rev. Dr. Kwabena Darko, who as a boy in Ghana received a small loan, purchased a hen, and watched his investment grow into an enterprise that helped his family and transformed his entire community. Today, he heads one of the largest poultry farms in Ghana, and is the founder of the nonprofit, Sinapi Aba, a part of the microfinance organization, Opportunity International.
Just as Inc.com's lemonade stand contest shares the amazing things kids are doing with small amounts of money, One Hen and its website share, through the story of Kojo, how a child took a small amount of money and transformed his family's life and his community.
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