Please give to the American Red Cross for the relief operations and distribution of food and supplies in Haiti. Haiti is on our list of upcoming Project but the country and its children are in need of our help NOW.

PLEASE GIVE TO HAITI

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
Please continue to support our cause in 2010 and Change 1 Child.

25 Students that participants in our literacy program will be going to the Big Apple Circus on December 17, 2009. In the 2008-2009 school year, these students completed a total of 720 minutes of independent reading over a two months period. The students kept a reading log and recorded all the books that was read and the total amount of time spend reading. The students also showed significant progress in their overall academic work.

Change 1 Child congratulates these students and say, Thank You, to Theatre Development Fund for giving these students the opportunity to go to the Big Apple Circus.

WHAT: Big Apple Circus
When: December 17, 2009

* Begin when your child is born and spend time reading every day.
* Sing to your baby.
* Repeat nursery rhymes.
* Visit the library. Ask about storytimes. Borrow books to share with your baby at home.
* Choose books with colorful pictures and simple words–or no words at all.
* Read with expression–or just tell the story in your own words.
* Hold the book so your child can see the pictures clearly.
* Let your baby play with the book.
* Encourage your toddler to point out objects, repeat words, and talk about the story.
* Reread your child’s favorite books over and over again.
* Use the technique of dialogic reading to help a child stay actively involved with a story and develop reading comprehension. Instead of reading the story straight through, ask the child open-ended questions about the story: “Why do you think Goldilocks ate Baby Bear’s porridge?” “What do you think will happen next?”
* Read or tell stories in the language you are most comfortable with. It doesn’t have to be English!
* Help your child develop phonological awareness –the understanding that words are made up of smaller sounds–by playing games with the sounds of words and repeating rhymes.
* Tell stories about your family and your culture.
* Encourage older children to read to their younger brothers and sisters.
* Be an example to your children; let them see you read books too.

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Our Book List for 2009-2010 School Year

The following is our Book List: we are requesting these books for the 2009-2010 School Year. Please purchase a book to Change 1 Child.

Amelia’s Road
by Linda Jacobs Altman

Aurora Means Dawn
by Scott Russell Sanders

Beatrice’s Goat
by Page McBrier

The Boy Who Dreamed of an Acorn
by Leigh Casler

Cherry Tree
by Ruskin Bond

A Gift from Papa Diego
by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Grandpa’s Hammer: A Habitat for Humanity Book
by Ronald Kidd

A Handful of Seeds
by Monica Hughes

I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina
by Anna Pavlova

If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong
by Roxanne Orgill

Mimi’’s Tutu
by Tynia Thomassie

More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby

Night Golf
by William Miller

The Royal Bee
by Frances Park and Ginger Park

Satchmo’’s Blues
by Alan Schroeder

Singing With Mama Lou
by Linda Jacobs Altman

Song of the Swallws
by Leo Politi

The Tiny Kite Of Eddie Wing
by Maxine Trottier & Al Van Mil

The Treasure
by Uri Schulevitz

Umbrella
by Taro Yashima

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree
by William Miller

Today we concluded Project Hope and Project Let’s Read for the 2008-2009 school year. All children at PS 398 and several classes at PS 316 received Robert Sabuda “America the Beautiful.” This is a keepsake masterpiece that depicts the Golden Bridge, Mount Rshmore, the Statue of Liberty and many more historical landmarks in America’s history. The children were captivated by this gift and cannot wait for us to return in September.

We say a special “THANK YOU,” to all our volunteers, supports, principals, teachers, parents and students for participating in our programs during the 2008-2009 school year.

Over 780 million adults in the world are illiterate.
64% of the world’s illiterate are women.
Nearly 60 % of the estimated 113 million children who do not attend primary school worldwide are girls.
On average, nearly 1 in every 3 children does not complete 5 years of primary education, the minimum required for acquiring basic literacy.

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Hope Project-June 8, 2009 from 9:00am-9:45am
Project Let’s Read-June 8, 2009 from 10:00am-10:45am
Project YES, I can Read-June 12, 2009 from 8:30am-9:00am

We are always looking for Volunteers, Please contact us for additional information in regards to our upcoming Projects.

• Every 2.2 seconds, a child loses a parent
• Over 133 million children have lost one or both parents
• 15 million children are orphaned due to HIV/AIDS
• Less than 1% of all orphans worldwide are adopted

Please share your kindness today to help a child in need.

April 14, 2009:
We met with the minister of Parliament for Youth and Sport at his office in Accra. At our meeting, we discussed the creation of several libraries in Accra and computer labs for Children both in the rural areas and in Accra, Ghana.

Osu Children’s Home

After our meeting with the MP for Youth and Sport, we visited Osu Children’s Home to meet with the Director for the orphanage-Ms Abbrey. We discussed the adoption of a reading room by Change 1 Child for children ages 3yrs old-12 yrs old. We agreed that once the reading room is completed, Change 1 Child will provide a reading coach, age appropriate reading materials and materials to test the children on their reading levels. We also discussed the completion of a general library which will be accessible to all children in the orphanage.

Teshie Orphanage

Our final meeting on April 14, 2009, was with Ms Parker-the founder and director of Teshie Orphanage. We discussed the urgent needs of the children and Change 1 Child’s plan for our partnership with Teshie Orphanage. Since the children of Teshie Orphanage will be moving to a new building which is unfinished, Change 1 Child has agreed to assist in the completion of the new building.

April 16, 2009:

Change 1 Child visited the children of Teshie Orphanage. We read several books to the children, has a discussion with the children about the books read and also had gametime with the children. We played Simon said, musical chairs, follow the leader and soccer.

April 18, 2009:

Change 1 Child visited Osu Children’s home. Similar to our activities at Teshie Orphanage, we read several books to the children, distributed reading books to the children and played soccer.

April 19, 2009:

Today Change 1 Child donated 4 million Ghana Cedis (about $400 USD) to Teshie Orphanage for the purchase of 30 bags of cement which will be used for the completion of the new orphanage building (Camp 2).

April 20, 2009:

Today Change 1 Child donated 2 million Ghana Cedis (about 200 USD) to Osu Children’s home for the redesigning and furnishing of the reading room. Before leaving Ghana, Change 1 Child painted the reading room, purchased benches for the reading room and completed the furnishing of the reading room.