Tag: travel

Race4EveryKid 2026 Exceeds Goal, Providing Shoes for 23,000+ Students

Soles4Souls Annual Race4EverKid Exceeds Goal to Serve Children Experiencing Homelessness Nationwide This May, we wrapped up our 6th annual Race4EveryKid, and the results blew us away!   Together we raised $460,000 to provide brand new athletic shoes to more than 23,000 students experiencing homelessness across the US, exceeding our goal of providing shoes to 21,250 […]

Four Days. Five Hundred Students. One Life-Changing Mission.

There is a special kind of experience that happens when you step out of the boardroom and into the community. This past February, 12 members of Sole Society – our dedicated circle of annual supporters and board directors – joined us for the annual Soles4Souls Supporter Global Experience in Honduras. Over 4 days the concept of impact became a tangible, living reality. The mission […]

Stepping Into Our Purpose in Guatemala

Stepping Into Our Purpose In Guatemala Every year, Soles4Souls holds a special tradition where members of our team are hand selected by their leaders to step away from their typical roles and immerse themselves in the heart of our mission. This year, our staff trip took us to the beautiful landscapes of Guatemala to see firsthand how a pair of shoes […]

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 […]

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 […]

Struggle and Hope in the Batey

Life on less than $1.90 per day is defined as extreme poverty. Extreme because it deprives its victims of the most basic needs—including an adequate pair of shoes. Extreme because it stretches the limits of what a human being should bear, adding impossible complexity to even the most mundane tasks. There are few places where this extreme […]

See how the Simple Gift of Shoes Gives Julio Hope

Where’s Julio? A question the teachers at the Hermano Pedro school in Antigua, Guatemala ask often. The answer is usually found in the kitchen, where this mischievous eight-year-old boy likes to hide. After sipping from the milk jug, that is.   Beneath Julio’s playful spirit lies the heart of a fighter. He has down syndrome and […]

Serving the Underserved

While serving those in need of immediate relief will always be a fundamental part of our impact, creating sustainable employment opportunities for people in need is essential to finding a long-term solution to poverty. Soles4Souls has direct micro-enterprise operations in Haiti, Honduras, Transnistria and Sierra Leone, and we have witnessed firsthand the positive impact our […]

A Full Circle Moment in Transnistria

Lena Ahremtseva was raised in a Transnistrian orphanage with 200 other children from birth through the age of 16.   “Our days were all alike,” said Lena. “We would wake up, go to classes held there, and then we had free time for a couple of hours, but we could not leave the grounds. Then […]