2021 — Pencils for Kids’ 16th year in Niger, has been a year filled with both hope and despair — as we get closer to opening the Dov Centre, A Training School for Horticultural Technicians, and also witnessed the tragedy in Niger when over 46 small children perished in fires in their kindergartens made of […]

We are so pleased to be featured on the 100th episode of the podcast Preconceived, hosted by Zale Mednick. In the episode, titled Do it Afraid, P4K founder Robin Mednick shares the inspirational story of how Pencils for Kids came to be, and what she has learned along the way. Watch the interview on YouTube > […]

This year has been one of the most challenging for the world in recent memory. The people of Niger have not only been impacted by the pandemic but by the worst flooding in over 100 years. Niger is considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world and this situation has been devastating […]

Below is a glimpse into how life in Niger has changed since the arrival of COVID-19. Using masks… Before the pandemic, it cost only 100 CFA (West African franc) for a mask ($1CDN Dollar = $433 CFA). But as soon as the Government announced the first case of Covid-19 in Niger, the cost increased to 500. The […]