I have seen, firsthand, thousands of children barefoot. The only shoes they had were "special" shoes they needed to attend school- part of their uniform- and NOT for everyday wear. Friends who have been missionaries to Haiti and Africa tell of children fashioning footwear out of empty 2 liter bottles or cardboard with crude straps made from whatever they could scavage.
I could kick myself, I know that most of the world could live off what we throw away, yet this summer I sorted out my shoes and threw away quite a few. They went in the landfill.
Someone out there could use our unwanted shoes. This organization can bridge the gap. I may even hold a shoe drive myself.
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