Shoes you no longer need could make significant difference in another person’s life.
Shoe Aid Project
The Shoe Aid project is a donation and shoe recycling program where shoes are collected in well developed countries, transported to Africa and then freely distributed to children and families in Cameroon and neighbouring countries.
Description
Achievement
Description
Our fundamental goal is to provide thousands of needy Cameroonians with a pair of shoes in order to enhance their daily activities and improve standards of living. Although footwear has been a part of life for thousands of generations, the sad reality is there are still many people in this day and age who go a lifetime without owning a single pair of shoes.
Without shoes, large numbers of people in deprived parts of Cameroon and other African countries are unable to perform trivial tasks, which the developed world tends to take for granted. Going to school, taking part in various sporting activities, visiting markets or church and working on farms all becomes somewhat of a difficult if not dangerous reality. Children often injure themselves by standing barefoot on broken bottles, nails or wild vegetation, often resulting in harmful bacterial and fungal infections. All this can be put to an end if you take action today and seek out an unwanted pair of clean shoes and donate them to this worthy project.
Achievement
The Shoe Aid Project aims to improve living standards in many communities in Cameroon by providing donated shoes free of charge and by supporting local shoemakers.
Distribution of free shoes offers men, women and children new opportunities. It offers them a new kind of freedom because they can walk about without being afraid that they might get injured or pick up an infection. As a result, children have improved access to adequate education because they can attend school more regularly and also voluntarily take part in sports. It also improves working conditions for people who often get injured at work because they don’t have the right kind of footwear.
To find out more about Shoe Aid or learn how to donate your shoes, please email: info@shoeaid.org or visit www.shoeaid.org