Our project, Hogar Luz de Vida, is partnering with Buckner International and TOMS to distribute shoes for thousands of children living in orphanages and rural areas throughout Northern Peru. Today our Peru staff received a shipment of 3,000 pairs of shoes for the Libertad District of Peru and spent the afternoon sorting them for distribution. In a few weeks, many orphanages will line up at Hogar Luz de Vida to receive new shoes for the children living within their walls, some of them never having the blessing of owning a new pair of shoes.
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About Buckner: For more than 133 years, Buckner has been transforming lives through a hands-on approach, serving the most vulnerable from the beginning to the ending of life. Buckner is one of the oldest and most unique faith-based social service organizations of its kind, serving more than 450,000 people each year in the United States and 18 countries worldwide. www.buckner.org
About the TOMS One for One model: With every pair purchased, TOMS will give a new pair of new shoes to a child in need. To date, TOMS has given more than two million pairs of new shoes to children in need around the world. TOMS Giving Partners are made up of humanitarian organizations already established and working in the countries in which TOMS gives. www.toms.com