The Shoe Aid Project

Who we are:
The Shoe Aid Project is a shoe donation program where shoes are collected in well developed countries, and freely distributed to children and families in Cameroon and neighbouring countries.
This is a project initiated by Hope Foundation Cameroon which is a non profitable and non governmental organisation which has the objective to promote development and alleviate poverty in rural area! Hope Foundation has for the past years been implementing development projects and programs in Cameroon which has gone a long run to improve living standards in many communities!

Our Aim and Goal:
Our goal and aim with this project is to meet the fundamental needs of thousands of children and families in Cameroon by sending them thousands of pairs of shoes which they shall us to enhance their daily activities.

Our Objective:
We seek to improve living standards and to make life easier by donating shoes to people in Africa who cannot afford a pair of shoe. Without shoes many people in many deprived areas in Cameroon and many African countries are unable to meet up with their daily activities and tasks, which automatically slow down development. Children cannot go to school, parents find it difficult to go to work or farms, youths cannot freely take part in various sporting activities, mothers and women cannot go to the church or markets. The lack of shoes within many families is always a problematic issue whereby children playing without shoes usually get themselves injured either by a bottle, nail, some wild plants or what ever, usually resulting to drastic bacterial and fungi infections. Parents are always encountered with extreme temperatures during the year which makes it difficult for them to take up their daily activities. Providing with new portable shoes goes to enhance their self esteem.
You can immediately take action today by looking in your closet for an old pair of clean shoes which you no longer need and donate to this project. This shoe will go to bring a smile to its new owner.

DONATE & HELP US:
There are many ways you can help and contribute to make this project a success:
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• Donate shoes: Donating clean gently worn shoes to this project will go help to help someone in Cameroon without a pair of shoes. We welcome clean shoes of all sizes and types (sneakers, boots, slippers, dress and casual shoes and more). Clean and gently worn shoes are highly welcomed! You can donate them shoe cartons or in plastic papers. Just take a look in your closet or warehouse and donate one or more pairs of shoes to help a number of people without shoes in Cameroon and other African countries. We welcome donations from individuals and businesses.

• Donate your time: Dedicating your time and energy as a volunteer shall greatly help in promoting our project. We need volunteers who can help us in collecting shoes, cleaning and packaging them. Volunteers can dedicate some hours on weekends whereby they shall be working on various collecting points in various towns and cities.

• Donate money: Donate money to make our project succeed. We need financial assistance to pay for costs related to renting the warehouse, fuel cost for our van, and shipment cost to Africa. Donations are tax deductible and you can either donate online through paypal or by sending us a check to our address:


PARTNERS:
Become a partner and support this project. Partnership is welcome from, organisations, companies and businesses, schools and colleges, missions and individuals.
Partners can organise local shoe collection events to support the project.
**Student groups highly welcomed to actively takepart in this project.
We are very grateful to the to a group of 6 high school students here in Berlin who last week organised a collection program and 87 pairs of sports shoes were collected in two days in various schools.
We are thankful as well to the many individuals who have been endorsing to this project!

CONTACT:

The Shoe Aid Project
c/o Fonkenmun Gerald
Viktoria Luise Platz 12A
10777 Berlin
Germany
Tel:0049 1775067363

Email: info@shoeaid.org
www: www.shoeaid.org