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Treasure
Karim — This is so great! I was going through all 35 websites that you created in the past 7 years documenting the interviews and initiatives you had started. While I was preparing for the discussions for the PFA class period and making sure that …
Posted on: 05-10-2019 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Final PFA Bake Sale Raises $500
The final Pencils for Africa bake sale raised $500 for Soft Landing Missoula for resettlement of refugee families in Missoula, Montana. Hello All! This is Mary Poole with Soft Landing Missoula and we are so incredibly grateful for this VERY generous donation from your Pencils …
Posted on: 05-9-2019 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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An Interview with Barry Hoffner
After Dreaming About Going to Timbuktu… An interview with Barry Hoffner Karim: Barry, can you tell me about the work you do in Mali and how and when you got started doing this work? Barry: Karim, as a teenager, I dreamed about going to Timbuktu, the …
Posted on: 05-5-2019 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Nat
The Story of Nat from Eritrea … by Arabella Garcia-Hollmann … Reporting for Pencils for Africa from Northern Italy I have been a member of Pencils for Africa since fourth grade at Saint Hilary School in Tiburon, California. I was drawn to the enlightened educational ideals …
Posted on: 04-27-2019 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Yema makes a soccer ball!
Thank you Yema!! Love from the PFA Team
Posted on: 12-14-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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October Bake Sale Raises $525 for library in Kibera
Posted on: 10-11-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Thank you Tatum and Phoebe!
Thank you Tatum and Phoebe for your excellent presentation today on Kibera! Thank you Pencils for Africa Team for your wonderful participation and your ideas for the library in Kibera … … such as transcribing the local African stories of the grandparents and elders in …
Posted on: 10-4-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Thank You Yema!
Thank You Yema! For meeting with the Pencils for Africa students And answering their questions about Smart Libraries And telling your story of growing up in the Kibera slums Love from Pencils for Africa
Posted on: 09-28-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Bake Sale raises $815 for Kibera
Today’s PFA Bake Sale raised $815 for Smart Library in Kibera, Kenya!
Posted on: 05-1-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors
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Ubuntu
… African Ubuntu and Pencils for Africa The African tradition of Ubuntu is about honoring and cherishing Community. A core value of Ubuntu, is sacrificing time and effort on behalf of Community. Ubuntu Community is the value of Giving Community and Caring Community. …
Posted on: 04-16-2018 Posted in: PFA Guest Authors