I read about this organization recently and thought - "Wow. What a simple way to make a huge difference."
What if you could change the world?Would you?In 1999, Mona Purdy traveled through Central America, and saw children painting tar on the soles of their bare feet so they could run a race during their village's festival. She happened to meet an American orthopedic surgeon who was visiting the village. He told Mona that if these children had shoes to wear, there would be a lot less need for him to regularly travel to the region to perform amputations of children's infected limbs.
It was really very simple.When Mona got home, she thought it would be a good idea to go around to some neighborhood schools and ask families to donate any used children's shoes they might have. She collected some and brought them to an orphanage in Honduras. She figured she'd done a good deed and that her work was done. When she was about to leave, one of the workers at the orphanage asked,"When are you coming back?"
Our work will be finished someday when every needy person in every distressed corner of the world has a pair of shoes.
Check out the organization at: http://www.shareyoursoles.org/
Look through those closets - I am sure you have a pair or two of shoes that have been sitting there awhile - why not donate them and they'll be walking again soon!
