The business side of what PLC does is called Buy Shoes. Save Lives. Exporting these handmade Iraqi shoes (and shirts, scarfs, etc.) is one way we raise money for kids in need of heart surgery, but it also expands the market for local Kurdish shoemakers. They make more money, we send more kids, and you get a classy pair of shoes. It’s win-win-win.
Here’s a recent clip from BSSL documenting Aram, a shoemaker I was privileged enough to meet while in Iraq.
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