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Robin speaks on BNN with Marty Cej and Frances Horodelski on December 19th, 2011 about Pencils for Kids, its Scholarships for Girls program and Farmers of the Future pilot

Niger, Water is Life. Rotary humanitarian project. Hand drilled water wells in rural Niger.

Eliminate Poverty Now visited Libore, Niger in West Africa in January, 2011. These primary school children are the first in the Farmers of the Future program, which creates economic opportunity through agriculture.

Eliminate Poverty Now visited Libore, Niger in West Africa in January, 2011. These girls are studying at the local secondary school, thanks to scholarships from Pencils for Kids. They ALL want to be doctors. Secondary school for girls leads to economic opportunity for women, which leads to poverty reduction, and a better world!

Eliminate Poverty Now focuses on economic opportunity and education in sub-Saharan Africa, especially for girls and women. We visited Libore, Niger in West Africa in January, 2011. These girls have studied sewing for three years, and will be earning income with their new sewing machines.

Eliminate Poverty Now focuses on economic opportunity and education in sub-Saharan Africa. These students are the first in the Farmers of the Future Program.

Eliminate Poverty Now supports the Pencils for Kids Sewing Center in Libore, Niger. It is one of our projects that provide economic opportunity and education in sub-Saharan Africa, with a special focus on girls and women.

Robin is interviewed about Pencils for Kids on BNN by Marty Cej and Frances Horodelski on December 21st, 2010.

Pencils for Kids' "wear a pencil" campaign encourages everyone in the world to "wear a pencil until every child has a pencil". The pencils are made out of rock, hand-sculpted and designed for P4K by local artist Tchima Abdo, in Niger. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) purchases many volleyballs and chairs for its sports and sewing program in Liboré, from the local Handicapped Centre in Niamey, Niger. Pencils for Kids is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) is piloting the first Farmers of the Future program with Dov Pasternak and ICRISAT to teach children in primary school how to grow vegetables and fruits, use drip irrigation, market their produce and invest their earnings. The first site for P4K was inaugurated in February 2010 in the village of Guireguinde in Liboré, Niger. It is a move from subsistence agriculture to agribusiness. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) is sponsoring many kindergarten programs in Liboré, Niger, in partnership with the parents, where children aged 3-5 are given an opportunity to learn in a creative and playful environment. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) partnered with ORBIS in February 2010, the highly respected international organization with a flying eye hospital. Orbis came to Niger, at P4K's invitation, to train eye doctors from Niger and Chad and also spent a day of outreach examining patients in Liboré. Almost 400 in Liboré were examined, and 95 are receiving followup treatment and care. These patients never before had any access to any doctors of any kind. Thank you Orbis! Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Many rotary clubs, led by the Rotary club of Olean New York, have been drilling wells in Liboré, Niger for the past two years, bringing clean drinking water to many villagers, making it easier for children to go to school. Pencils for Kids values the tremendous Rotary support. The wells allow children to stay in school as they are not walking miles to bring water. Pencils for Kids is a registered charitable organization whose mission is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) opened its second school, Vive la Vie in Ecole Centre in Liboré, in February 2010. It was sponsored by a generous Canadian couple. Robin officially inaugurated the school on behalf of P4K and watched the first ever Spelling Bee take place inside the classroom! Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

In February 2010, Robin visited the village of Gourouberi in Liboré, Niger and committed on the spot, on behalf of Pencils for Kids (P4K), to build a kindergarten and then a school, when she realized there was no school at all in the village. The kindergarten was up by March 2010, and the new school will be built by early 2011. Pencils for Kids is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

In 2009, Pencils for Kids (P4K) started the first Scholarships for Girls program in Liboré, Niger to offer girls a greater chance for success at the middle school and secondary school levels. It has been very effective and in 2010-2011 many more girls are receiving scholarships from P4K. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

In 2009, Pencils for Kids (P4K) started the Cooper's Clothing Chance for Girls Sewing program in Liboré to teach sewing skills to girls who are no longer in school. Now the girls are making baby clothes, unforms and sheets and selling them to the community. It has been a great success thanks to generous donations from the Cooper family, Eliminate Poverty Now and the Spirituelle Divas. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids started a soccer program in Liboré, Niger in 2008, with donations of soccer balls from Project Play Africa and from Avanti in Canada. A nine year old girl, Bayley, donated P4K Tshirts. There is now an annual P4K Soccer Tournament, and soccer is played every day of the year. Pencils for Kids (P4K) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

Pencils for Kids (P4K) built the first ever library in Liboré, Niger in 2008. It houses many books and laptops and is a meeting place for students in the surrounding villages. Pencils for Kids is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com

In November 2007, Pencils for Kids (P4K) opened its first school in Oulmantama Village, in the community of Liboré, Niger. Since that time, over 100 students have attended this primary school receiving an education for the first time. Pencils for Kids is a registered charitable grassroots organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. We are currently working in the community of Liboré in Niger. www.pencilsforkids.com

In December 2005 a few of us heard that 30 children were sharing one pencil in a community in Niger, West Africa. Our hearts broke and we were moved to take action. This is the story of how Pencils for Kids (P4K) was born, one pencil at a time. P4K is now a registered charitable organization whose vision is to make a difference in the world by providing every child the opportunity for an education. In the years since that day in 2005, P4K has built schools, a library, a sewing centre and has started a Farmers of the Future program and Scholarships for Girls. It is entirely volunteer led with no paid staff. We are currently working in the community of Liboré, in Niger, West Africa. www.pencilsforkids.com