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Pencils for Kids strives to give every child the opportunity to dream. We are a not for profit grass roots organization that believes in the power of creating connections through small scale projects. Pencils for Kids focuses on one community at a time lifting children from poverty through education.
Mission
Pencils for Kids partners with local communities anywhere in the world in order to provide children in need with educational tools for success – books, school supplies, schools, libraries and friendship.
We ask communities what the educational needs are for their children and find ways to work together and in partnership with others to meet those needs in a sustainable way.
Libore, Niger
Our first community was chosen in December 2005 when Canadian athletes and photographers returned from the Games of La Francophonie in Niger and discovered that 30 children in one classroom were sharing one pencil. Their pain was shared with others back home in Canada and not long after Pencils for Kids was born - from pain to action one pencil at a time.
After a year of sending 1,000 pounds of school supplies to Libore P4K worked to help the community find funding for a school in the village of Oulmantama where children had never before had access to education. In partnership with the local NGO ‘Thiebon’, the community received funding from the Canadian Consulate to build the first Pencils for Kids School.
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Message From the Mayor
Dear internet users and friends of Liboré, welcome to our website!
The rural commune of Liboré is a small community with an area of 110 Km2 and a population of 22,500 – averaging 205 inhabitants per Km2.
The commune includes 21 villages, 15 of which are administrative districts to which 6 big hamlets were attached.
Our primary activities are: Agriculture, farming, fishing, and small businesses.
The difficulties which assail us are: Poverty, illiteracy, and epidemic of diseases such as: malaria, cholera, schistosomiasis, meningitis, etc. and the hard labor the women must accomplish in the household and in the fields.
Given these issues, we are focusing our activities on education, health, designated drinking water sites, improving women’s quality of life which begins with the schooling of our young girls and financial aid to housewives for small businesses and to raise small farm animals.
Every humanitarian action in these fields would be a great help in the betterment and growth of our young community.
We thank you in advance for all your good deeds.
A. Madougou The Mayor
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Internautes et chers amis de Liboré soyez les bienvenus sur notre site WEB.
La commune rurale de Liboré est une petite mairie de 110 Km2 abritant 22500 habitants soit une densité de 205 Habitants/Km2.
Elle compte 21 villages dont 15 administratifs et 6 gros hameaux s’y rattachant.
Les principales activités des populations sont :
L’agriculture, l’élevage, la pêche, le petit commerce.
Les maux qui nous assaillent s’appellent :
Pauvreté, analphabétisme, épidémie des maladies (paludisme, cholera, bilharziose, méningite etc.) les durs travaux champêtres et ménagers pour les paysannes.
C’est pourquoi nous avons orienté nos activités vers l’éducation, la santé, les points d’eau potable, l’amélioration des conditions de vie de la femme qui commence par la scolarisation massive de la jeune fille et l’appui financier aux ménagères pour le petit commerce et l’élevage des petits ruminants.
Toute action humanitaire dans ces domaines serait un puissant levier pour l’épanouissement de notre jeune commune.
Nous remercions d’avance toutes les bonnes volontés.
A Madougou Le Maire
Information about Libore, Niger
Présentation générale de la commune Libore
The school program aims to engage students, teachers and communities in ongoing pen-pal relationships, awareness building and fundraising initiatives.
The school program was started with Libore, Niger in 2006 when three classes in Dewson Street Junior School in Toronto pen-paled with 3 schools in Libore including Kouara Koukou and Sorey Ganda. The school program has grown today to include Regal Road Public School, Sheppard Public School, and many others.
Click here for teachers’ perspectives about the School Program.
Joanne Jenkins, teacher from Dewson St. Junior School and David Kimura, Education Liaison for Pencils for Kids