From April 11 through the 15, All Hands is celebrating National Volunteer Week by launching Vini Jwe, or “come play.” As a thank you to the city of Leogane, and to all of our volunteers and partners, All Hands has decided to celebrate National Volunteer week by constructing a soccer field for the community. The field, which was originally a football pitch, was used as an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp after the 2010 earthquake, and then later as a site for a medical clinic. After the medical clinic relocated, the local government gave the site back to the community to use as a football pitch. All Hands is working with local volunteers, international communities and community volunteers to turn this public space into a site where the community can relax and enjoy their love of soccer. All Hands will celebrate the field’s construction with a soccer tournament on April 16, inviting NGOs, local soccer leagues and the community to come and play. Crocs is sponsoring the event, and will be donating hundreds of shoes.
many children cannot
go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.
in ethiopia, one million people
suffer from a disease caused by walking barefoot in volcanic soil [...] (globalshift.org)
millions of people
around the world cannot afford basic necessities such as a pair of shoes.
more than 300 million people
live on less than $1 a day (”globalissues.org”).
2.6 billion people
in the world lack basic sanitation (”globalissues.org”).
some 1.1 billion people
in developing countries have inadequate access to water (”globalissues.org”).
nearly a billion people
entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names (”globalissues.org”).
over 1.4 billion people
globally live on less than $1.25 per day (”Worldbank.org”).
35.9 million people
live below the poverty line in America, including 12.9 million children (”soundvision.com”).
1.7 billion people
live in poverty globally (”Wikipedia.org”).
