Each year, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) – our parent organization – sends school kits to students and teachers in developing countries.

Not only do refugees and displaced people appreciate these practical gifts, but those who have experienced natural disasters also receive them with joy.

Sharing what we have is a way of showing that we are aware of the suffering of others and want to respond. In 2007, MCC distributed 131,192 school kits to places such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, North Korea and Serbia.


School Kit Contents (new items only, please)
• 4 spiral or perforated notebooks (about 21.5cm x 27cm / 8.5” x 10.5” and 70-80 sheets/140-160 pages - more info)
• 4 unsharpened pencils
• 1 ruler (flat, flexible plastic; indicating both 30cm and 12”)
• 12 coloured pencils (in packaging)
• 1 large pencil eraser

School kits are distributed in a useful double drawstring cloth bag, which you may sew yourself or pick up at your local Ten Thousand Villages store. You may also simply donate the contents and have us fill a bag for you.Completed school kits can be dropped off at any Ten Thousand Villages location or at one of MCC’s drop-off locations.For more information, please visit MCC’s website.