Cambodia, 2011

The Colored Pencil Project is currently in Cambodia, working in primary schools with little to no resources in the Svay Rieng province.

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Colombia, 2010

The Colored Pencil Project headed to various schools, orphanages and rural villages in Colombia. Unicef has defined the following as issues facing children in Colombia:

1. Approximately 3 million people (75 percent of them women and children) have been internally displaced by violence in the past 15 years. In 2004 alone, more than a quarter million people were forced from their homes. Displaced populations have little access to safe water and to basic health and educational services.
2. Despite a law prohibiting the use of children under age 18 in the National Army, there are still an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 child soldiers in urban militias and other armed forces.
3. Landmine use is increasing, posting significant risks to women and children. Landmines kill at least three people in Colombia each day.
   
   
4. Native American and Afro-Colombian populations suffer the highest rates of poverty, and are twice as likely to have been affected by violent armed conflict.
5. Rates of domestic violence are alarming. Nearly 40 percent of women have been attacked by thei male companions. Sexual abuse of children under age 18 increased 56 percent between 2000 and 2004.
   
   

The Colored Pencil Project traveled to Bogota reaching 800 children during the summer of 2010.

India, 2008

The Colored Pencil Project headed to various schools, orphanages and rural villages in India. Unicef has defined the following as issues facing children in India:

1. Approximately 26% of the Indian population lives below the poverty line and 72% of that number live in rural areas.
2. It is estimated that India has the largest number of AIDS orphans of any country and this number is expected to double in the next five years.
3. Census data suggests that there are 11.28 million working children in India.
4. Conservative estimates state that around 300,000 children in India are engaged in commercial sex.

The Colored Pencil Project traveled to rural villages in the northeast region of India, Arunachal Pradesh. With the help of Jhamtse International, the project reached 1,000 children in three weeks during the fall of 2008.

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South Africa, 2007

 The Colored Pencil Projects' first endeavor was distributing art supplies and teaching an art curriculum to children in various orphanages and rural villages in South Africa. Unicef has defined the following as issues facing children in South Africa:

1. South Africa has the world's highest total number of people living with HIV/AIDS.

2. AIDS causes 40 per cent of all deaths of children under age five, and has driven up infant and under-five mortality rates.

3. Although 11,000 people are receiving anti-retroviral treatment, very few of these patients are children. The AIDS pandemic has orphaned more than a million children in South Africa.

4. Only half of children are registered, limiting access to social services.

5. More than a million school-age children do not attend school for a variety of reasons, including malnutrition, distance from schools, lack of resources and their parents' own lack of education.

The Colored Pencil Project traveled to 15 orphanages in townships outside of Johannesburg and working with the Amy Biehl Foundation of Capetown, reached over 800 children in two weeks.

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