Pens For Kids UK

About us

In many countries, kids can only dream of an education, as parents can not afford to send them to school. The main obstacles are often school fees, school uniforms, or that the children need to work to help support the family. In many countries education is free, but missing income, uniforms and cost of school utensils like pens are still big hurdles to overcome. In some countries the average income per family is a dollar or two a day, pens are big investments and quickly dry out under the relentless Equatorial sun.
Many kids just wish they could be allowed to go to school. By sending your new and used pens, this makes the dream a reality for many.

Pens for Kids UK is a not for profit organisation run entirely by volunteers. We pair up pen donations from across the UK with requests from developing countries across the globe looking for pens, pencils, colouring pencils, and other stationery items.

Our aim is to remove one of the barriers to education many children face across the world- the cost of a pen.

Since 2010, Pens For Kids UK has seen over 1,000,000 pens and pencils donated! By the close of 2020, Pens for Kids UK had facilitated the sending of 1,038,617 pens and pencils to schools and orphanages in need of such items overseas (and these are just the ones we know about!).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.