One evening, Au-Chua watched a CNN report about Soles4Souls, an organisation based in Nashville, Tennessee that collects shoes to supply its micro-enterprise, disaster relief and direct assistance programme. According to the non-profit social enterprise’s website, it has distributed more than 30 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to 127 countries since 2006.
Nana Au-Chua organises shoe donation drives for Soles4Souls, a micro-enterprise programme that creates business opportunities for those in underdeveloped nations
(Oct 28): Like any fashionista worth her Chanel, Nana Au-Chua has amassed her fair share of shoes over the years. The question was, what should she do with her worn-but-still-in-good-condition shoes? Fate stepped in to lend her a helping hand.
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