Friday, September 4, 2009

Organizations for distributions of Shoes to the Poor

Shoes for Humanity

The pipeline is a partnership of people and organizations whose code of ethics and social practices guide them to make a voluntary contribution of resources toward the betterment of humanity. It delivers free recycled shoes to those areas of the world where there is great human suffering due to extreme poverty. The initial pipeline carries recycled sandals from America to East Africa.

http://shoesforhumanity.org/

Souls4Soles

Soles4Souls facilitates the donations of shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Shoe companies, retailers, and individuals can donate footwear (both new and used). Soles4Souls is a 501(c)(3) recognized by the IRS, and donating parties are eligible for tax advantages.
The idea behind gifts of shoes is nothing new to the Soles4Souls team, as they coordinated relief efforts for the Asian Tsunami and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, netting over 1 Million pairs donated for these disasters. The team originally operated as www.katrinashoes.org with several churches partnering in the collection and distribution of footwear.

http://www.soles4souls.org/about/
http://soles4souls.blogspot.com/

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