By definition, micro enterprises are small businesses with minimal employees and minimal capital. In a developing country, necessity compels micro entrepreneurs to represent the vast majority of the small business sector. Due to a lack of formal jobs and training available to the poor, micro-enterprises add value to the economy by creating micro business, enhancing income, and lowering the overall cost of business. Micro-enterprises in developing countries allows impoverished people to start and maintain their own businesses. Most of these small businesses come in the form of local farms, selling cooked food from the sidewalk or food staples from a small store as well as basic living necessities including repurposed shoes and clothing.

The micro-enterprise industry represents one of the most effective ways to lift families out of extreme poverty in devastated economies. It is giving a hand up instead of a hand out.

Families in developing countries who receive shoes are those who have little to no income or livelihood. The ability of donated shoes to be sold or repurposed, represent an opportunity for individual families and their communities to develop micro-businesses within their areas. This empowers the population to be less reliant on charity and experience true self-sustainability.

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Countries Supported:

Benin* Botswana* Cambodia* Chile* Dominican Republic* Eastern Europe* El Salvador* Ghana* Guatemala* Haiti* Honduras* India* Ivory Coast* Jordan* Moldova* Morocco* Nicaragua* Pakistan* Peru* Philippines* Poland* Tanzania* Togo* Ukraine*