Real-Life Cre8tiveChangers: Meet Hannah and Randryia!

As published in the www.onlinedegrees.org article, 10 most inspiring student activists.

The Pencil Project

Hannah McConn and Randryia Houston, students at the University of Houston, found inspiration when they participated in a study abroad program in African-American Studies in Ghana. The UH students learned that many students in the country drop out of school over minor issues such as not having school supplies like a basic pencil. The two went on to start The Pencil Project — which they later registered as an official non-profit organization — and raised enough donations to buy more than 30,000 pencils for the children of Ghana. Houston said that she would also like to open a boarding school in the country.

The Pencil Project