A simple pair of shoes - something many of us take for granted - can make a life-changing difference in the life of a child without a family.
According to The State of the WorldÕs Children as reported by Unicef, there are 143 million orphans around the world. Orphanages do not receive enough funding to support the children in their care. One of the greatest and most immediate needs is a pair of shoes. Many of the children receive one pair of shoes to last the entire year, and some donÕt have shoes at all.
Shoes for Orphan Souls has distributed more than 1.5 million pairs of new shoes to at-risk children in the United States and to orphans in 55 countries around the world. While our program has made a difference in many lives, there are still millions of children we can reach Ð all through a pair of shoes.