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Photos of Galbal, Gonzare and Gueriguinde gardens in the Farmers of the Future program in Libore

The pilot program of the Farmers of the Future program is entering its second full year in October 2013 — so far the students have learned so much in their vegetable gardens, tree nurseries and animal fattening programs. The mothers too have been running their own tree nurseries and selling the grafted trees!   Galbal […]

Operation Sock Monkey brings Pencils for Kids to public school in Brooklyn, NY!

Lindsey Hodgson, Lead Operative of Operation Sock Monkey. and a long time supporter of P4K,  sent greeting cards drawn by the children of Libore, Niger, to Melissa Farran, a teacher in Brooklyn, New York — and together with her class they have raised awareness and funds for Pencils for Kids, selling the greeting cards and […]

New indestructible soccer balls arrive in Libore, Niger!

This past week 200 new soccer balls from One World Futbol arrived in Libore, Niger donated by P4K’s Soccer for Kids program run by Mike Mitchell. Through Mike’s incredible efforts the money to purchase 100 of these balls was donated, and the remaining 100 were generously given by the One World Futbol organization itself. THANK […]

Expanding the reach of the Farmers of the Future

Pencils for Kids is excited about the progress of our Farmers of the Future pilot in three schools – read about our community outreach efforts in the blog of our partners Eliminate Poverty Now, titled “Expanding the Community Reach of Farmers of the Future”!