From your hands to their feet.
A shoe cutting party feels simple. Cut denim. Pack boxes. Laugh with your people. But what you touch here becomes protection, prevention, and steady work in Uganda.
Sole Hope shoes are made for real life, dirt roads, rain, school days, and long walks to the clinic. They protect healing feet and help families stay moving forward.
What your support funds
Clear, practical impact.
$35
Funds shoes and care for one person.
Prevention
Shoes reduce reinfestation and protect healing feet.
Employment
Ugandan tailors and shoemakers earn steady wages.
Waste reduced
Denim and tire rubber are repurposed, not discarded.
If you want a tangible way to help, this is it. You can hold the denim now, and see the shoes on a child’s feet later.
Protective shoes are part of care, not an add-on.
Shoes change what a day looks like.
In the communities we serve, walking is not optional. It is how you get to school, the water source, the market, and the clinic. When someone cannot walk, life shrinks fast.
Kids miss school. Adults miss work. Feet stay exposed. Infections and reinfestation keep coming back.
Feet are protected. Treatment holds. Children return to school. Families move again with less fear and fewer setbacks.
Shoes are prevention. They protect the progress made at clinics and in recovery care.
A simple process with a real outcome.
A shoe cutting party is a hands-on way for your church, business, school, or friend group to help. You cut denim into patterns. We ship it to Uganda. Local artisans turn it into finished shoes.
The shoemaking pathway
- Denim is donated and sorted in the U.S.
- Groups cut denim into shoe patterns at shoe cutting parties
- Denim is shipped to Uganda
- Ugandan tailors stitch the uppers
- Shoemakers attach durable recycled tire soles
- Shoes are distributed through clinics and recovery care
The point is not novelty. The point is protection that lasts, made with dignity.
Work that stays, for years.
Shoemaking creates steady, skilled jobs in Uganda. Some of our shoemakers have been part of Sole Hope for more than 12 years. That kind of consistency changes a household.
Reliable income. School fees paid. Medical needs met. Less crisis, more planning.
When families have stability, prevention is easier. When prevention is easier, reinfestation drops.
Shoes are not only a product. They are part of how communities climb out of repeated hardship.
Denim and tires get a second life.
We use donated denim and recycled tire soles to create durable, closed-toe shoes. That keeps usable materials out of landfills and turns them into something that protects a child’s feet.
What is different about these shoes
- Closed-toe protection for dusty roads and daily walking
- Built with durable tire soles for long wear
- Made by skilled Ugandan artisans earning steady wages
- Designed for prevention, not just distribution
The environmental impact matters, but the human impact is the point.
Choose how you want to step in.
If you want something your group can do together, host a shoe cutting party. If you want direct impact right now, sponsor shoes and care for $35.
$35 provides shoes and care for one person, including treatment, prevention education, and protection that helps healing last.
Looking for a meaningful group activity for your church, school, business, or team? Shoe cutting parties are simple to host and easy to repeat.
What people usually want to know
What is a shoe cutting party?
Who can host a shoe cutting party?
What does $35 cover?
Are the shoes actually made in Uganda?
Why use denim and tire soles?
How do you make sure the shoes fit?
This is tangible help you can be part of.
Host a shoe cutting party, or sponsor shoes and care for $35. Either way, you are protecting feet, supporting employment, and helping healing last.
Want to talk through what would work best for your group? Start with the shoe party page and follow the steps.