Donate A Pencil for Girls 2026

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Education is a ladder that empowers girls to reshape their futures. Yet in many developing countries, as girls enter puberty, they face a harsh crossroads of fate — child marriage or continuing their education. Every year, more than 12 million girls around the world are forced into child marriage before the age of 18. Before they can even finish their studies, they are trapped in unwanted marriages. Their childhoods are stolen, their dreams shattered. With limited autonomy, they often spiral into a cycle of poverty, early pregnancy, and domestic violence.</span>