Pennies For Peace: A Touching Peace Campaign

Pennies for Peace is a program sponsored by the Central Asia Institute (CAI) that “helps educate American children about the world to show them they can make a difference one penny at a time.” The program focuses on raising cross-cultural awareness through education to promote peace. Pennies for Peace was launched by CAI executive director Greg Mortenson to raise funds for rural schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Actually the Pennies for Peace program shows the power of penny, which is not that valuable in developed or industrialized nations. But on the other hand in Pakistan and Afghanistan a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy.

Lets have a look what one penny can do according to Pennies for Peace.

1¢ – 1 pencil
$20 – 1 student’s supplies for 1 year
$50 – 1 sewing machine & supplies
$100 – maternal health care supplies for 1 year
$300 – 1 advanced student’s annual scholarship
$600 – 1 teacher’s annual salary
$50,000 – 1 school and support for 3 to 5 years

I hope now that the power of a penny is now clear to you!
So please join Pennies for Peace!
To participate, please go to http://www.penniesforpeace.org/