Justin Bieber Helped To Build School In Guatemala

Justin Bieber, the 19-year-old singer-songwriter. On Oct. 27, traveled to a remote village in Guatemala with the organization Pencils of Promise, a charity he's long supported that builds primary schools in developing countries like Nicaragua, Laos, Guatemala and Ghana, said his life has changed after recently working to help build a schoolhouse in Guatemala.

Bieber performed in Guatemala City on Saturday but made sure to impact the poverty stricken villagers in the Guatemalan jungle by giving away the shoes on his feet and teaming up with Pencils of Promise to build a school in the community.

And he didn't just watch: He helped sift concrete, lay down cinder blocks, and

spent time playing with the children who will one day attend the school. "He developed a genuine connection with the kids there," says Adam Braun, the charity's founder and brother of Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun. "The children didn't even know who he was, which was part of the beauty of the experience. He got to be himself." Adds photographer and videographer Nick Onken, who documented the trip: "The kid loves people and deep inside, wants to help make the world a better place."

 

One school costs $25,000 to build and Pencils of Promise has raised $10 million since being founded in 2008.

"Today was 1 of the most powerful and humbling days of my life. Thank u Guatemala & @PencilsOfPromise," Bieber tweeted after taking part in the experience Saturday. "Today I saw real happiness. So powerful."

The singer went on to express the importance of giving on his social networking website.

"Giving feels way better than receiving. Give to others," Bieber tweeted. "Give of yourself. In return you will feel more happiness then u have ever known."

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