The Take Joy Society members attended a Shoe Cutting Party at member Carol's house today to do our part for Sole Hope. . . .
The Sole Hope organization began just a few years ago when Asher Collie came upon a YouTube video about the problem of jiggers and the devastating impact the insect had on the shoeless children in Uganda. Jiggers burrow into a person's feet (and hands) and lays its eggs there, destroying the tissue in the foot, creating a wound that can lead to other diseases.
Carol showed us a short video about the Sole Hope mission. . . .
Then we gathered around her table to cut the donated jeans apart. . . .
We were given plastic patterns to draw the pattern onto the denim. . . .
Carol cut out the heel pattern again in plastic to be used as reinforcement in the shoe. . . .
We were able to cut out 19 pairs of shoes. . . .
Carol will send these to the North Carolina offices of Sole Hope. From there they will be sent to Africa where money donations will pay local workers to sew these pieces together and glue them onto soles cut out from tires. The Sole Hope group will then bring children from villages to their Outreach House to have their feet treated to remove the jiggers. They'll be educated on how to prevent jigger infestation in the future and given a pair of shoes to wear.
We took a break for Carol's Spring-inspired tea and cake, chocolate-covered strawberries, and Chocolate-Peanut butter Easter eggs. . . .
It was Chris's birthday this month so we sang happy birthday to her. . . .
Then Carol showed us this video about Sole Hope's ministry in Uganda. . . .
Cindy's church has had a shoe cutting party for their Vacation Bible School. She said the children especially love participating knowing that their efforts were helping other children. They brought in their old jeans, drew the patterns on the denim, and cut out the pieces.
One of the advantages of only sending these fabric pieces to Uganda instead of collecting read-made shoes for the children is there is no risk that the fabric pieces would be misdirected once they reach Uganda where corruption is rampant.
If you'd like to host a Shoe Cutting Party, click on the first link at the beginning of this post to get started.
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The Sole Hope organization began just a few years ago when Asher Collie came upon a YouTube video about the problem of jiggers and the devastating impact the insect had on the shoeless children in Uganda. Jiggers burrow into a person's feet (and hands) and lays its eggs there, destroying the tissue in the foot, creating a wound that can lead to other diseases.
Carol showed us a short video about the Sole Hope mission. . . .
Then we gathered around her table to cut the donated jeans apart. . . .
We were given plastic patterns to draw the pattern onto the denim. . . .
Then we cut out the pieces. . . .
Carol cut out the heel pattern again in plastic to be used as reinforcement in the shoe. . . .
We were able to cut out 19 pairs of shoes. . . .
Carol will send these to the North Carolina offices of Sole Hope. From there they will be sent to Africa where money donations will pay local workers to sew these pieces together and glue them onto soles cut out from tires. The Sole Hope group will then bring children from villages to their Outreach House to have their feet treated to remove the jiggers. They'll be educated on how to prevent jigger infestation in the future and given a pair of shoes to wear.
We took a break for Carol's Spring-inspired tea and cake, chocolate-covered strawberries, and Chocolate-Peanut butter Easter eggs. . . .
It was Chris's birthday this month so we sang happy birthday to her. . . .
Then Carol showed us this video about Sole Hope's ministry in Uganda. . . .
Cindy's church has had a shoe cutting party for their Vacation Bible School. She said the children especially love participating knowing that their efforts were helping other children. They brought in their old jeans, drew the patterns on the denim, and cut out the pieces.
One of the advantages of only sending these fabric pieces to Uganda instead of collecting read-made shoes for the children is there is no risk that the fabric pieces would be misdirected once they reach Uganda where corruption is rampant.
If you'd like to host a Shoe Cutting Party, click on the first link at the beginning of this post to get started.
❤️Take Joy❤️
What a wonderful outreach!
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DeleteHow wonderful that your group participated in this project. I remember hearing about it on the news one evening. Acts of kindness mean the world to those that need the basics. ♥
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DeleteThis would be an excellent project for my granddaughter's Girl Scout troop! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear this. We had fun chatting while working and it was great to be able to do something to help these children.
DeleteI had not heard of this, so I appreciate the education Cathy.
ReplyDeleteIt was new to me, too, so I very much appreciated that Carol brought it to our attention.
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