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Latin America

Latin America is a fantastic continent due to its natural resources and the beauty of its people. If you have the opportunity to visit some of its countries you will experience incredible and diverse cultures and ethnicity that characterizes different landscapes and people. From Indian descendants in Peru and Bolivia to African and European descendants in Brazil. The landscape also varies: from the Atacama desert in Chile, the wonders of Machu Picchu (Peru), the Titicaca Lake (Bolivia), to the fabulous beaches in the Caribbean.

It is a rich and fascinating land – rich in cultural diversity and history and rich in natural and mineral resources. On the other hand, Latin America is a continent that suffers from an extreme discrepancy between wealth, poverty and exploitation.

Considering this scenario, Crocs, Inc., through the Crocs CaresSM program, has donated hundreds of thousands of shoes in the poorest areas of big cities such as Bogota or Lima, as well as in the smaller towns and cities throughout these regions. Crocs™ shoes are perfect for these hot, wet, and humid climates. Crocs™ shoes are lightweight, with adequate ventilation, easy to clean and promote incredible comfort. Perfect shoes to wear all day long!

Through the Crocs CaresSM program we make a commitment to social responsibility and are dedicated to providing shoes to benefit less fortunate Latin American people who suffer from poverty and hunger.

Hospital Donation with the First Lady of Belize (July 13th, 2011)

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June 12th and 13th, a donation of 700 pairs of Crocs shoes were donated to medical staff at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City and 400 pairs were given to children selected from 2 local schools. This was part of a groundbreaking project with the First Lady of Belize, the Ministry of Health, [...]

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Crocs Kicks around in Haiti (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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Panama with actor Dylan Bruno and UNICEF (June 28th, 2010)

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Actor Dylan Bruno joins Crocs and UNICEF in delivering shoes to children in Panama.

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Belize- Medical Team (June 23rd, 2010)

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The medical team, The Rocky Mountain Adventists Healthcare Foundation has the opportunity to help those in need in Belize.

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Colombia: Shakira and Pies Descalzos (June 2nd, 2010)

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Shakira, famous Colombian singer / songwriter and founder of Fundacion Pies Descalzos or “Barefoot Children Foundation” received 10,000 pairs of shoes for the children of Colombia.

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San Salvador, El Salvador (October 10th, 2009)

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More than 10,000 families of San Salvador, El Salvador received Crocs™ shoes through our donation partners.

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Honduras (June 23rd, 2009)

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Many pairs of shoes were donated to Shoes For Oscar, a non-profit that donates its time in Honduras.

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Panama 2009 - UNICEF (February 23rd, 2009)

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PANAMA, 23rd of march 2009, more than 30,000 school-age boys and girls in the indigenous areas of the Ngobe Buglé, Emberá-Wounáan, Kuna Yala, the Darien province, and other emergency-declared areas, received a pair of Crocs™ footwear as a health promotion intervention aimed at reducing skin infections, fungus growth, and other infectious diseases linked to bare feet.

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go to school without the basic necessity such as a pair of shoes.

in ethiopia, one million people

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1.7 billion people

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