SHOES OF HOPE
An Impact Plus Project of the Pan-African Youth Union
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HEALTH
The Pan African Youth Union seeks to promote the health and well-being of young people throughout the continent. This mission requires a commitment to equal access to health products and services that contribute directly to community health and hygiene.
The WASH&WEAR Impact Project is a collaborative effort of innovators and distribution partners working across sector lines to provide disease prevention, hygiene promotion, and menstrual health services in single-site community led interventions. Improving the lives of young Africans by addressing multiple health issues efficiently and effectively.
To highlight the power of African innovation and ingenuity, products used in the WASH&WEAR initiative are Africanmade, eco-friendly, and contribute directly to the employment and empowerment of African youth.
1 Hygiene Station
Presenting and practicing proper hygiene techniques to reinforce the adoption and use of UNICEF developed WASH principles.
2 Health Services
Promoting and providing the professional administration of vaccines and nutrition for the control of disease and hunger.
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3 Foot Washing
Elevating a moment of practical hygiene to inspire, encourage, and show the respect and dignity due every human soul.
4 Protective Footwear
Providing the prophylactic of proper footwear to protect from injury, prevent diseases, and improve access to work and school.
A cross-cutting, locally-owned, distribution model providing a breakthrough bundle of health promoting interventions.
Footwear that prevents injury, promotes hygiene and protects against disease.
Designed for comfort in diverse climates and conditions
Made with biodegradable EVA foam to reduce waste and environmental impact
Infused with antibacterial agents to promote hygiene and healing
reusable menstrual product with the capability of transforming the lives of women and girls globally.
It is 100% medical-grade silicone and is WHO’s WASH considerate and environmentally-friendly.
One menstrual cup saves 89kg of CO2 emissions and is the only sustainable, scalable menstrual solution to end period poverty.
The cup has been successfully accepted across Africa in rural communities, refugee camps, prisons & schools. A recent 7 year study shows the menstrual cup reduces HSV-2 and bacterial vaginosis and increases good bacteria.
INVESTING IN BETTER HEALTH
“Investing in NTD elimination programmes creates a ripple effect. It leads to better education, health and employment outcomes. It transforms lives and our communities.
An Africa free from NTDs is possible. Let us act now, and act together. Ghana is 100% Committed to ending neglected tropical diseases.”
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
12 countries
1.2 million children
100,000 children served per country
1.2 million pairs of shoes
600,000 menstrual cups
pair of shoes + cup
$25 per girl child
pair of shoes
$15 per boy child
program • education • shipping • promotion
protect from and prevent NTDs promote hygiene provide access to menstrual health services propel vaccine uptake • shoes • distribution • cups • M&E
THE UNJUST CYCLE
preventable disease
poor hygiene poverty
POOR PERFORMANCE AT WORK
POOR PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL
DIRECT SERVICE (AID)
shoe wearing hygiene training vaccines
STABILIZING TREATMENT
innovative products bundled interventions community ownership
SUSTAINING SYSTEMIC CHANGE
cross-sector collaboration collective impact partnerships
• Country-Owned, Community-Led Solution
• Improved Vaccine Uptake
• Better Hygiene Practice
• Increased Educational Access and Performance
• Improved Productivity and Earning Potential
INVESTMENT
GENERAL POPULATION
788,000,000 IN NEED OF STH PROTECTION
112,500,000 MENSTRUATING WOMEN
438,000,000
ETHIOPIA
CONGO DEMOCRATICO REPUBLIC
TANZANIA
KENYA
ANGOLA ZAMBIA
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA BOTSWANA
ZIMBABWE
SOUTH SUDAN
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
BURKINA FASO GUINEA
GHANA
GABON MAURITANIA
LESOTHO
UGANDA
SIERRA LEONE
RWANDA BURUNDI
MALAWI
YEMEN
MOZAMBIQUE
VACCINE UPTAKE
COMMUNITY HYGIENE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
DISEASE CONTROL (NTD)
EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
TO IMPACT
INVESTING IN HEALTH
SUPPORTING
HEALTHY
COMMUNITIES
INCREASES ECONOMIC POTENTIAL CREATING GENERATIONAL WEALTH
A prophylactic kids want to wear
couldyou.org
CouldYou? provides a scalable and sustainable solution to period poverty by providing menstruators with health education and the 100% medical-grade silicone CouldYou? menstrual cup.
The CouldYou? Cup can be worn safely for 12 hours, and one cup can be used for over 10 years empowering girls to stay in school and for menstruators everywhere to never need to choose between buying food or buying menstrual products.
worldshoefund.org
World Shoe is a social enterprise disrupting the chronic cycle of poverty and preventable disease by investing in global health from the ground up.
Shoes have proven to be one of the most efficient disease fighters in the world when combined with consistent hygiene practice. However, 600,000,000 people live each day without them.
World Shoe is committed to an entrepreneurial market-based approach to transform how the world views sustainability of humanitarian efforts and the empowerment of all people to live healthy lives.