Shane is in the seventh grade and didn’t used to think much about the education crisis.
Until PoP.
Shane and his classmates at the American School in Taichung (AST), Taiwan spent the last couple months learning about PoP, Phayong Village, and the fact that children across the world are living without an education.
With the help of their counselor, the seventh graders at AST pulled together their resources, their ideas and their compassion. They came up with the idea to do ‘PoP Fridays,’ picking a school supply each week to bring in for …

Pencils of Promise is proud to announce the completion of our 1st school in Nicaragua with partner organization Seeds of Learning! We are now opening up spots on 10-day volunteer build trips this summer, where you will spend time building new schools alongside the amazing communities of San Ramon and Agua Fria in the highlands of Nicaragua.

Our first PoP Profile is on Mimi Nguyen, a member of the PoP Leadership Board and a founding member of the organization.

She’s the Pencils of Promise Laos Country Coordinator, a fearless advocate of education and a devout lover of hip-hop. She is strong, defiant, and believes the future and progress of our world lies with the empowerment of women.