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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." -Dalai Lama
In many parts of the world, owning a pen or pencil is a luxury that some families cannot afford. It is hard to imagine. Receiving an education without a writing utensil is even harder to imagine. Education can help achieve success and stability in a person’s life but without the basics, it is so much harder.
Right-to-Write is a unique and simple program designed to put new and used pens and pencils to good use by collecting and then dispensing them to children in developing countries. Donated pens and pencils are delivered to schools, orphanages, and hospitals by individual volunteers, travelers, and organizations who can distribute them hand to hand, person to person, to children who need them. Through this effort Right-to-Write achieves many unique positive goals:
- facilitating better education for kids
- recycle pens and pencils that are "extras" in offices, handbags, houses, etc
- promoting positive global alliances and friendships through direct face-to-face contact
- ensuring delivery and avoiding delivery cost, blackmarkets, and lost goods
The Right-to-Write program demonstrates how easily each one of us can help people in need throughout the world. Many of us have extra pens and pencils in the back of drawers, on the bottom of bags, when we move, etc. Each ONE of these pen and pencils can help ONE child with their education for about ONE year. These pens and pencils can easily be collected at parties, small get-togethers such as book clubs, school drives and through containers left at mom and pop stores. As they are collected, approximately 200 pens and pencils fit in a ziploc bag, which people (individuals, travelers going home or on vacation, or organizations) can easily fit into their luggage. This simple, cost-effective method produces a tremendously rewarding experience for both the children and the people bringing the pens and pencils.
As Right-to-Write grows, pencil recipients who have computer access can contribute feedback here on the website.
In many parts of the world, owning a pen or pencil is a luxury that some families cannot afford. It is hard to imagine. Receiving an education without a writing utensil is even harder to imagine. Education can help achieve success and stability in a person’s life but without the basics, it is so much harder.
Right-to-Write is a unique and simple program designed to put new and used pens and pencils to good use by collecting and then dispensing them to children in developing countries. Donated pens and pencils are delivered to schools, orphanages, and hospitals by individual volunteers, travelers, and organizations who can distribute them hand to hand, person to person, to children who need them. Through this effort Right-to-Write achieves many unique positive goals:
- facilitating better education for kids
- recycle pens and pencils that are "extras" in offices, handbags, houses, etc
- promoting positive global alliances and friendships through direct face-to-face contact
- ensuring delivery and avoiding delivery cost, blackmarkets, and lost goods
How It Works
The Right-to-Write program demonstrates how easily each one of us can help people in need throughout the world. Many of us have extra pens and pencils in the back of drawers, on the bottom of bags, when we move, etc. Each ONE of these pen and pencils can help ONE child with their education for about ONE year. These pens and pencils can easily be collected at parties, small get-togethers such as book clubs, school drives and through containers left at mom and pop stores. As they are collected, approximately 200 pens and pencils fit in a ziploc bag, which people (individuals, travelers going home or on vacation, or organizations) can easily fit into their luggage. This simple, cost-effective method produces a tremendously rewarding experience for both the children and the people bringing the pens and pencils.
As Right-to-Write grows, pencil recipients who have computer access can contribute feedback here on the website.