Between now and the end of the school year, bring your new or gently worn shoes of any kind to St. Peter’s Church or School.
Collection boxes are in the vestibule of the church and at either end of the hall at school.
For more information, please contact the St. Peter’s Brickbusters at brickbusters@stpetersschool.et.org.
The World Bank estimates that approximately 767 million people live on less than $1.90 per day. Many people living in extreme poverty simply do not have access to stable employment.
Soles4Souls’ micro-enterprise programs offer a longer-term solution to poverty through job creation in places like Haiti, Honduras, and Sierra Leone. They also give a second life to unwanted shoes, keeping them out of landfills and protecting the environment.
The shoes are sold for an average of $1 per pair to non-profit partners in developing countries, that provide business training to local entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs purchase the shoes and are then able to start businesses of their own selling the product in their local marketplaces. This allows entrepreneurs the opportunity to ear a sustainable income, and ultimately purchase necessities like food, shelter and education.
The income generated by selling just one pair of shoes in Haiti can provide up to five meals for a family in need, whereas 30 pairs sold by an entrepreneur in Honduras can provide up to a year of schooling for a child. Revenue generated by Soles4Souls’ micro-enterprise operations funds the organization’s free distribution programs, that provide new shoes to people in need both in the U.S. and around the world.
Million of pairs of shoes lay idle in people’s closets. Give those to Soles4Souls instead and know that you are taking a step to help disrupt the cycle of poverty around the globe.
Visit www.soles4souls.org for more information.
Collection boxes are in the vestibule of the church and at either end of the hall at school.
For more information, please contact the St. Peter’s Brickbusters at brickbusters@stpetersschool.et.org.
The World Bank estimates that approximately 767 million people live on less than $1.90 per day. Many people living in extreme poverty simply do not have access to stable employment.
Soles4Souls’ micro-enterprise programs offer a longer-term solution to poverty through job creation in places like Haiti, Honduras, and Sierra Leone. They also give a second life to unwanted shoes, keeping them out of landfills and protecting the environment.
The shoes are sold for an average of $1 per pair to non-profit partners in developing countries, that provide business training to local entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs purchase the shoes and are then able to start businesses of their own selling the product in their local marketplaces. This allows entrepreneurs the opportunity to ear a sustainable income, and ultimately purchase necessities like food, shelter and education.
The income generated by selling just one pair of shoes in Haiti can provide up to five meals for a family in need, whereas 30 pairs sold by an entrepreneur in Honduras can provide up to a year of schooling for a child. Revenue generated by Soles4Souls’ micro-enterprise operations funds the organization’s free distribution programs, that provide new shoes to people in need both in the U.S. and around the world.
Million of pairs of shoes lay idle in people’s closets. Give those to Soles4Souls instead and know that you are taking a step to help disrupt the cycle of poverty around the globe.
Visit www.soles4souls.org for more information.
