Students in the fourth grade at Eagles Nest Christian Academy are collecting shoes – any shoes to help bring clean water to third-world countries. They are helping with an area-wide goal of collecting 4,000 shoes by Christmas.
The shoes are collected by Shoeman Water Projects, part of the non-profit Eagle Wing Ministries out of Ballwin, Missouri.
Shoeman Water Projects picks up donated used and new shoes year round from businesses, churches, schools, and shoe drives. Once collected, the shoes are given a second life when the Shoeman exports the donated shoes to retailers in the developing world. The resale of shoes provides jobs and affordable footware. Funds generated from the export of shoes provides well drilling rigs, water purification systems, and hand pump repair mirco businesses bringing clean, fresh water to those who thirst.
More than 130,000 people in Kenya are drinking clean water because of 140 wells drilled through this program. It is but one of the success stories behind the charity.
“This project is just one of the ways the students at Eagles Nest work to make the world a better place,” said Lucy Dutton, administrator of the school. “These are the types of principles that are stressed side-by-side with academics at Eagles Nest.”
Eagles Nest Christian Academy exists for the purpose of providing quality Christian education to students from pre-school through 8th grade. It is located in Milton, Delaware.
For more information about Eagles Nest Christian Academy go to www.eaglesnestschool.org.
For more information on The Shoeman Water Projects go to www.shoeman.org.
