Colored Pencil Project
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Target demographics: children in developing countries
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: do an Art Supply Drive, facilitate a local art workshop or help with administrative tasks.
Mission:
The Colored Pencil Project was created to increase the access of art supplies to children in developing countries by distributing art supplies, specifically colored pencils and paper, and providing art curriculum to children in various orphanages, schools and rural villages. Art is extremely important developmentally for children; countless studies have proven that children visualize as a way of understanding things and that they need a way to express their encounter with the world. The Colored Pencil Project believes that art is the perfect way for children to communicate their experiences, fears, and most importantly their dreams. By bringing the dreams belonging to these children back to the United States, in the form of pictures, The Colored Pencil Project hopes to foster global understanding and goodwill.
Results:
800 children in South Africa
1000 children in India
local workshop initiative reaching children in the Boston area
1000 children in India
local workshop initiative reaching children in the Boston area
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rachelz
02/25/10
The Colored Pencil Project is an exceptionally inspiring non-profit. Donating to TCCP is a privilege in that through making a contribution, we get to be part of something magical. The TCCP brings an abundance of hope and joyful self-expression into these children's lives who live in impoverished, ...
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awalker
02/23/10
I have had the opportunity to watch The Colored Pencil Project grow from the seed of an idea into an incredibly well organized, accountable and successful nonprofit. Bringing art supplies and lessons to children in developing countries is such a simple idea, yet so very powerful. This work has an ...
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christina3
02/21/10
Donating to the Colored Pencil Project has been my most gratifying charitable donation. Poverty stricken communities need many basic necessities - it is easy to forget that children need nourishment not only for the body but also for the mind and spirit. The Colored Pencil Project is exceptional ...
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