Archive for the ‘Caribbean’ Category

The Women & Children’s Hope Foundation Uses Crocs in Haiti (Tuesday, July 24th, 2012)

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The Women & Children’s Hope Foundation (WCHF) worked with Crocs to purchase and distribute 600 pairs of shoes to the Timo Health Clinic in Haiti. Staff at the clinic will use Crocs to educate children and parents about the importance of footwear to protect the feet from cuts and parasites and help provide for a [...]

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SHUZZ donates Crocs in Haiti (Monday, March 26th, 2012)

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Hundreds of Crocs shoes are donated to SHUZZ for efforts in Haiti. SHUZZ provides shoes to people who need them in poverty-stricken areas.

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Crocs Kicks around in Haiti (Friday, April 8th, 2011)

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Crocs partners with All Hands Volunteers for National Volunteer week at the Vini Jwe “come play” soccer tournament in Haiti.

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Haiti Earthquake, Jan. 12, 2010 - Carma Foundation (Monday, June 28th, 2010)

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Crocs CaresSM once again, joins the Carma Foundation in Haiti, donating hundreds of Crocs™ shoes to earthquake victims, medical staff, and to orphaned children as part of their school uniform.

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Jamaica - Marley Foundations (Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010)

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Thousands of shoes have been donated to children in Jamaica through the Omeriah Malcolm and Ghetto Youths Foundations.

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Dominican Republic 2009- NBA star Charlie Villanueva (Thursday, August 20th, 2009)

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NBA Star Charlie Villanueva joins Crocs CaresSM and Feed The Children to Donate 20,000 pairs of Crocs™ Shoes to Tenis Para Ninos August 2009.

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Haiti - Kageno and Partners In Health (Monday, December 15th, 2008)

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40,000 pairs of Crocs™ footwear were donated to the Central Plateau in Haiti through Kageno and Partners In Health

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Dominican Republic 2008 - Charlie Villanueva (Friday, August 22nd, 2008)

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Thousands of pairs of shoes are donated in the Dominican Republic with NBA player Charlie Villanueva.

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Dominican Republic: AVP (Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007)

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At the 3rd annual Dominican Republic Film Festival, 10,000 pairs of new Crocs™ shoes were donated to Dominican children in need.

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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”).