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Title - Pencils for Kids
0:00:00.080,0:00:05.089 Pencils for Kids is a very small,
grassroots, 100% volunteer
0:00:05.089,0:00:09.510 organization and this all started
accidentally. I phoned a friend of mine
0:00:09.510,0:00:10.980 and he told me
0:00:10.980,0:00:14.869 that he just got back from Niger in
West Africa and he witnessed the poverty
0:00:14.869,0:00:18.720 there. He told me the story on the phone,
my heart broke
0:00:18.720,0:00:21.960 and I said let's stop talking, let's just
do something.
0:00:21.960,0:00:24.630 This is the pencil necklace and how it
comes packaged.
0:00:24.630,0:00:27.040 It actually comes with a little card
inside
0:00:27.040,0:00:32.669 that says, ‘wear a pencil until every child
has a pencil,’ a symbol for education,
0:00:32.669,0:00:34.390 literacy and hope.
0:00:34.390,0:00:38.250 So every child that you managed to
get a book to,
0:00:38.250,0:00:39.730 a pencil, a notebook,
0:00:39.730,0:00:41.870 where you managed to build another
school…
0:00:41.870,0:00:45.410 Every single child affected by that will
make a difference in their family’s
0:00:45.410,0:00:47.010 lives.
0:00:47.010,0:00:47.749 Nothing
0:00:47.749,0:00:50.940 has enriched my soul
0:00:50.940,0:00:53.120 more than this work,
0:00:53.120,0:00:54.290 and I think giving
0:00:54.290,0:01:01.290 needs to be at the foundation of
everything we do in life.
0:01:02.400,0:01:06.390 We're not in the world of development
but we found that just by
0:01:06.390,0:01:07.990 wanting to do good
0:01:07.990,0:01:09.770 and partnering with them
0:01:09.770,0:01:13.690 that we've managed somehow to raise
enough money to build three schools,
0:01:13.690,0:01:16.240 to build the community’s first ever
library,
0:01:16.240,0:01:20.500 to start scholarships for girls,
Farmers of the Future program, and just
0:01:20.500,0:01:24.710 keep building on those successes.
0:01:24.710,0:01:29.490 So often we’re afraid to take that first
step, and we don’t know where to start and what
to do,
0:01:29.490,0:01:32.890 so I just say plunge in and do it afraid.
We’re all afraid.
0:01:32.890,0:01:36.040 I haven't known what I'm doing for six
years but I keep on trying.