Author: Soles4Souls

Helping Healthcare Workers

If you go into most U.S. emergency rooms, you’ll likely find staff wearing Crocs.  Because Crocs are waterproof and can be easily washed off, it’s a big advantage as workers take extra precautions because of the spread of COVID-19. Now, 10,000 pairs are being donated a day to healthcare workers on the frontlines.   Since their daily donations started, […]

You Can Change The World, One Person At A Time

Hello! My name is Denise, and I am on the Soles4Souls Global Experiences Team. I have the privilege of facilitating several of our travel trips a year, and even more so, the honor of being present with both our travelers and shoe recipients in country. One of my favorite pastimes is listening to a person share […]

There’s Hope Now That Things Are Going To Get Better

On a normal morning in Villanueva, a municipality outside of San Pedro Sula in Honduras, Merary Majado opens the doors to her home– not for visitors, but for business. Lines of shoes are carefully organized on her windowsill, and before she’s been able to settle into the day, customers arrive. For Merary, her days start […]

NALA Collects Shoes For Soles4Souls For Their 10th Year

All throughout the year, individuals and groups make a huge difference for Soles4Souls by collecting and donating their gently used pairs of shoes. The NALA, an organization that supports a range of professionals from legal workers to restaurants and doctors, as well as offering marketing programs to businesses, has been working with Soles4Souls for almost 10 years, […]

10 Years, 1 Heart, 4 Haiti

“The smells, the view, the rubble — it’s all really still planted in my mind of exactly stepping off that plane for the first time,” says David Graben, COO and President of Soles4Souls.    Ten years ago, our hearts shattered when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti and millions of people. Six months later, staff from Soles4Souls visited […]

This Means Happiness

On a Monday afternoon in the humid forests outside of Tela, Honduras, a group of 15 Soles4Souls travellers caravan down rough, dirt paths with bags of shoes strapped to the top of vans. Upon arriving to the first distribution of the week, the group learns the only way to the remote village of La Vente […]

Every Little Bit Matters

What were you like as a second grader? Do you remember your classroom? Your teacher’s name? At recess, did you race to the swingset or to the basketball hoop? Were you happier about the first day of school—or the last day before summer break? For the great majority of kids in the United States, having […]

Poverty Isn’t Only “Over There”

We often share stories of boys and girls we meet through our work in developing countries. Life on less than $2 per day for these 385 million children means that even essentials go unfulfilled. The harsh realities of extreme poverty slowly tear down their potential—and their dreams. Yet the gift of shoes made possible through […]

Together, We Can Break the Cycle of Poverty

One in five children in developing countries survive on $1.90/day. That’s nearly 385 million girls and boys living in extreme poverty worldwide. Imagine the faces behind these numbers, each bearing a burden far beyond their years. They lack all the basics we often take for granted, including a proper pair of shoes. And because they’re still […]

This Spring, Help Make a Difference Through the Gift of Shoes

The dawn of spring often brings travel plans for millions of people around the country. Eager to beat the winter blues or take advantage of school breaks, many of us pack our bags and head to sunny vacation destinations. Spotting an exotic capuchin monkey while hiking the rainforest in Costa Rica, swaying to the reggae […]