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Pennies for Peace
The Pennies for Peace program is a program founded by Greg Mortenson. The author of the #1 New York Times best seller, Three Cups of Tea. Pennies for Peace is a nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Founded in 1996, it has built nearly 100 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which serves more than 28,000 students.
Children in over 400 mountain areas live in remote Pakistan and Afghanistan and are on the waiting list, hoping to learn in a new school.
Greenville Elementary School students hope to help build a bridge of peace, one penny at a time, offering hope for a better life.
How can a penny bring peace? A penny doesn’t buy much here in Greenville; however in the village of Afghanistan a penny can buy a pencil. We can start an education and improve the quality of life for a young child. A pencil can empower a child to read, write and learn.
We have chosen to do Pennies for Peace here at Greenville Elementary School to help out student body learn the value of good will to our fellow man by collecting Pennies for Peace.
We know that no matter how big or small we are, we can make a difference for others – by choosing to commit to a cause that matters to us. Pennies for Peace is our cause. We want to live in a safe, peaceful world, and education is the key to this change. Please help us make this change today.
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