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FinancialsProviding New Shoes, Protection and Hope at a Dump in Guatemala
Those who help us distribute the gift of shoes around the world work hard to understand the concept of “extreme poverty”. But nothing can prepare them to face the harsh realities of life on less than $1.90/day. In places like Chiquimula, Guatemala, these realities can include surviving in a makeshift community atop the city dump. […]
Soles4Souls Launches New Micro-Enterprise Operation on Nicaraguan Mother’s Day in Honor of Annice Lane
Currently, 767 million people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day and struggling to afford life’s basic necessities. Here at Soles4Souls, we see time and time again the importance of and need for a long-term solution to poverty, which is exactly why the expansion of our micro-enterprise program is at the […]
Building Blocks
The following is the story of Ginette Derisier from Haiti, one of many individuals profiled in the forthcoming book, Shoestrings: How Your Donated Shoes and Clothes Help People Pull Themselves Out of Poverty, by Soles4Souls President and CEO Buddy Teaster. GETTING AHEAD IN HAITI ISN’T EASY Not long ago, Ginette Derisier and her family were […]
Donating Shoes is Now Easier than Ever!
When you clean out your closet and donate your gently worn shoes to Soles4Souls, you are helping to create meaningful opportunities for people in need all over the world. We utilize gently-worn shoes and clothing as a resource for individuals to start and sustain a small business of their own in places where job opportunities […]
There is No “I” in Team
There’s no I in team. This well-known phrase reminds us to come together as a team to accomplish a goal. Our goal of breaking the cycle of poverty is universal and without borders. In the United States, one in eight Americans live in poverty. Meanwhile, 767 million people worldwide survive on less than $1.90/day. […]
A Commitment to Change
Working in partnership with NicaRise, an organization in Nicaragua committed to creating sustainable economic change, Soles4Souls will begin supplying entrepreneurs with a consistent supply of high-quality, affordable shoes and clothes so that they can begin earning an income. To say that launching a new micro-enterprise operation was an easy task, however, would be deceiving. […]
Creating Opportunity In An Invisible Land
The following story of our non-profit partner Help the Children in Transnistria and profile of Lena Ahremtseva, contains elements from the forthcoming book, Shoestrings: How Your Donated Shoes and Clothes Help People Pull Themselves Out of Poverty by Soles4Souls President and CEO Buddy Teaster AN INVISIBLE LAND Halfway around the world lies a land where nothing is as it seems. […]
Change is Possible
This past holiday season, we had three amazing families leave the comforts of their homes to celebrate the season with us in Haiti to give back through the gift of shoes. Among them were Laura and Mark Howard and their 12-year-old daughter Kaia. The Howards and their three children live in East Tennessee, a […]
Sometimes One Word Says It All
A lot happens on our international shoe distributions. There’s the obvious process itself, of course. Men, women and even kids from different cities, backgrounds and walks of life volunteer to give back. They load and unload bags of shoes together, sweat together, laugh and cry together, and make new friendships that last a lifetime. […]