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Shoes 4 Souls collects shoes from people and then gives them to people in need. over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States useful only if your shoe size has been donated and old shoes may not last much longer or be good for wearing constantly. Shoe4Africa gives shoes and education to Africans. They also help educate about AIDS Also building a school and a hospital

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Shoes 4 Souls collects shoes from people and then gives them to people in need.

over 125 countries, including Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and the United States

useful only if your shoe size has been donated and old shoes may not last much longer or be good for wearing constantly.

Shoe4Africa gives shoes and education to Africans.

They also help educate about AIDS

Also building a school and a hospital

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One World Running collects shoes and donates them to those in need of running shoes

Some of the shoes are new; many are "near-new," which are the ones sent overseas. The shoes that are beat up and not suit-

able for shipment are sent to Nike in Beaverton, Ore., through Boulder's Eco-Cycle program, to be ground up and made into

running tracks and playgrounds through the Reuse-a-Shoe program.

Heart and Sole MSU collects shoes to send overseas to needy people

Also accepts donations of money to cover shipping costs

Does not have enough money to ship all shoes off

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The Shoe Bank collects shoes and donates them to those in need around the world

In 2006, five thousand children received shoes in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, following the tidal waves that hit Southeast Asia.

In 2001, seven thousand pairs of children’s shoes were shipped to El Salvador and distributed to earthquake victims.

In 2000, four thousand pairs of shoes were delivered to orphans of war in Burundi, Kenya, and Mozambique.

In 1999, four thousand pairs of children’s shoes were sent to Albania and given to refugees fleeing Kosovo.

When Hurricane Mitch hit Central America in September of 1998, The Shoe Bank provided six thousand pairs of shoes for children in

Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras.

The Shoe Bank has also supported orphanages in Rumania, Turkey, Ecuador, Columbia, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

Also Cameroon and Afganistan

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Sole Responsibility collects gently used running shoes and donates them to those in need

around the world through the guidance of the United Nations High Commission for

Refugees.

After consulting with the United Nations to determine the area of greatest need, we have

been asked to send our shoes Ethiopia in Africa this year. Since starting in 2005, our

collections have gone to Chad, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Cameroon.

Only collect running shoes

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TOMS shoes gives a pair of shoes to a children in need for every pair someone buys

Children get new shoes that are stylish