Pennies for Peace
The children in the Lower and Upper Elementary classes are participating in
the Pennies for Peace program. The students, after reading either the
children's version of 3 Cups of Tea or Listen to the Wind, both by Greg
Mortenson, wrote letters to the Albrook community to raise awareness of this
service project.
In his letter, Brian writes, "We are doing Pennies for Peace because
children in Korpe, Pakistan need supplies for a better education. We use
pennies because one penny can buy a pencil, eraser or a piece of paper. In
our classroom, we have this big jar with pennies that have been collected, and
there were 2,082 pennies!"
Sonia writes, "We are collecting pennies for children in Afghanistan and
Pakistan. In those places, one penny is worth one pencil or one eraser.
You can find out more about the program at
www.penniesforpeace.org.
Anyway, what is Pennies for Peace? Pennies for Peace is a service learning
program of the Central Asia Institute. The Central Asia Institute has been
building schools and offering children hope for a better future since 1993."
"The first reason to support Pennies for Peace is because you can help
children get an education. The second reason is because, like Greg
Mortenson said, "Children had taken the first step toward building the school,
and they did it with something that is basically worthless in our
society-pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains," wrote Maya.
05/19/10