The Share Your Soles warehouse is now completely empty and they need your help replenishing shoes for their next stop, Haiti. It has been three years since the earthquake and not much has changed. The Gross national income per capita is US$660, about half the total for Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the Americas. 78% of Haitians are poor making less than US$2 a day and more than half (54%) live in extreme poverty (less than US$1 a day). In rural areas, poverty and extreme poverty rates are estimated to be 84% and 69% respectively. Over two-thirds of the labour force does not have formal jobs and the life expectancy is 61 years due to the extreme poverty. Haiti is in great need of help.
This is a call to action to help these people living in severe poverty. They need shoes, gently worn or new. Monetary donations are also needed to fund the help they need (i.e. they hire locals to help distribute the shoes). They have set a goal of taking at least 5,000 pairs of shoes. They desperately need participation from everyone who can help. If you can donate what you have at home, to organizing a shoe drive, or even a monetary donation would be great. This is a great task and it will take many to complete it, so please join them in the mission to help Haiti and bring them shoes!
Please visit the Share Your Soles website (www.shareyoursoles.org) or send an email to info@shareyoursoles.org for further information.