Clean the World Update
I received my receipt for sending a box of soap for Haiti to Clean the World this week, and just wanted to share some of the letter they sent with it. I am so impressed with this organization! Apparently they sent over 200,000 bars of soap to Haiti in 2009, so they already had a presence there before the earthquake hit in January this year. Since the earthquake, they have already sent over 150 tons of supplies into Haiti – not just soap either! Medical supplies, hygiene kits, bottles of water, surgical kits, baby formula and canned food have all been donated and sent.
Their main source of personal hygiene supplies is from hotels who provide their soaps, shampoos, and lotions to recycle. Sounds like there have been more people stepping up recently, such as soap makers, water companies, the medical community, churches, schools, and individuals.
Their goal is very simple, yet so profound: 9,000 children die daily to diseases that can be prevented by up to 65% by properly washing with bar soap. What a privilege to be a part of such a great cause!
For more information about Clean the World and how you can donate, please visit my earlier post.
April 19th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I got the same thing in the mail too!
April 19th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
That’s so awesome. I got a letter from Soles for Souls also and loved learning a little more about them.
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April 20th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Thanks for the information! I think it is wonderful that you shared your handmade soap with this charity. Haiti is very much in need.
April 20th, 2010 at 9:38 am
I just wish I had heard about Clean the World before I threw away an entire garbage bag full of scraps that I was saving, but didn’t know what I was saving them for!!
April 20th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
They sound like such a GREAT company!!
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