It all started with 30 kids sharing 1 pencil.
Scholarships for Girls
Help sponsor a group of 10 girls on their journey through junior and secondary school.
Learn moreSharpening the minds of the future
We provide education, training, and income-generating opportunities for children, and women in Niger, West Africa.
Our Programs of Focus
We partner with communities in Niger, West Africa to create sustainable educational programs, resources and infrastructure.
- Farmers of the Future Empowering women and youth to approach farming as a business, thereby increasing economic opportunity and significantly reducing poverty.
- Sewing Program Training girls to become tailors in Liboré at the Cooper Sewing Centre in order to earn a living from a trade.
- Scholarships for Girls Our scholarships pay for books, uniforms, food allowances and most importantly 2 hours of additional tutoring daily in 3 subjects.
It all begins with you.
Watch Pencils for Kids founder Robin Mednick speak at TEDx Havergal College, along with a series outlining our latest updates.
Our Progress
- 2007
- First Liboré visit
- First Pencils for Kids school built
- 2009
- Launch of Scholarships for Girls
- First sewing machine purchase
- 2010
- First shovel in the ground for Farmers of the Future
- 2016
- 22 girls have entered post-secondary since our launch
- 2017
- Farmers of the Future program is active in 10 villages in Niger
- 2019
- Dov Centre Training Gardens created
- 2020
- Development of Business Plan for the DOV Centre Horticultural Training School
- 2021
- Construction of the Dov Centre nears completion
- 2022
- Official Opening of the Dov Institute
Kicking off the year with a trip to Ghana
We’ve just returned from a very productive trip to Ghana where we spent a week with our Niger team. Our partner, John Craig, from Eliminate Poverty Now wrote a beautiful piece summarizing the trip: Hi All – Just back from my latest trip to Africa. The focus was on plans to launch agricultural training […]
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