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Tens of thousands of children all over the world raised 92.4 million pennies (or a total of $924,000) in 2008 to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But Pennies for Peace — or P4P as it is known — is not just about raising money. The program is a teaching tool that helps educate students about parts of the world that they might not even be able to find on a map prior to signing up for P4P. Children also learn about their abilities to effect global change. While a penny in the United States is virtually worthless, it buys a pencil in the developing world and opens the door to literacy.

The Story of "Pennies for Peace"

The Pennies for Peace service-learning program began at Westside Elementary School in River Falls (Wisconsin) in 1994, when students raised 62,340 pennies to help Greg Mortenson build his first school in Pakistan. Mortenson came to Westside at the invitation of his mother, Jerene Mortenson, the principal at the school. “I’d been having a really hard time explaining to adults why I wanted to help students in Pakistan,” Mortenson says. “But the kids got it right away. When they saw the pictures, they couldn’t believe that there was a place where children sat outside in cold weather and tried to hold classes without teachers. They decided to do something about it.” (Three Cups of Tea, p.51)

Peace and Hope begin With Education: One Child at a Time

Pennies for Peace fulfills two missions: it helps to fund schools for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan and it enriches students' education in the developed world by teaching them about the lives of children in impoverished countries. The program enables students to value their own education, that many may take for granted, and it helps them realize that they can have an impact on important world issues. Schools and literacy programs are the best way to fight poverty and lack of education. Conceived in 1994, Pennies for Peace has grown into a program conducted in more than 3,000 schools and raised over 100 million pennies. P4P has touched the lives of tens-of-thousand of students around the world.

Pennies for Peace Wins 2009 Mom’s Choice Award for Best Volunteer Program

Pennies for Peace is the Central Asia Institute's outreach program for students. It is also adopted by Scout troops, church groups, businesses and 4-H-groups. The program resonates deeply with adults and children and received the 2009 Mom's Choice Award for the best "Volunteer Organization Program" of the year. Greg Mortenson and Davin Oliver Relin were honored as "Authors of the Year" for the book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time. Three Cups of Tea recounts Mortenson's odyssey of building a school in Pakistan in 1996. Since then Central Asia Institute has built 131 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan which serve some 58,000 students, including 44,000 females.