Read how individuals at two senior living facilities came together to donate small amounts weekly—and the big impact it made around the world.

Giving the gift of The Sole

Gift your loved ones with shoes donated in their name for the holidays. Hear from supporters who gifted The Sole to their loves ones!

Revisiting The Shoe That Grows

Hear about Because International’s trip to inspect how an early iteration of The Shoe That Grows held up for four children in Kenya.

Meet Pendo at Umoja Rubber Factory

Meet Pendo, one of the first employees in Kenya to manufacture The Shoe That Grows and how the work is helping her plan for the future.

Meet Japheth, Because team member in Kenya

Japheth Opondo grew up in the slums of Kibera, Kenya. Today, he works as Because International’s East Africa distribution partner. Read his story.

The Shoe That Grows helps Precious dance

The Shoe That Grows protects feet, and staying healthy means that Precious can continue doing what she loves—dancing. Hear from Precious.

The Shoe That Grows to students in Haiti

The Shoe That Grows is distributed in Haiti following the country’s 2010 earthquake. Read about a local teacher’s work to help student.

Read how The Shoe That Grows and Drying Tears Children’s Foundation helped an orphan in Sierra Leone after the Ebola Outbreak.

The Herdegen family distributed 300 pairs of The Shoe That Grows in Gimbichu, Ethiopia, where their youngest daughter was born.

The Shoe That Grows meets a unique need

A story of how The Shoe That Grows improved the life of a child with Cloves Syndrome, a rare progressive overgrowth condition.