Outreach Connection - Season 4 Episode 168 George Hutchings - Shoeman

George Hutchings the shoeman sits down with Dr. Peppers to tell about his work in Haiti and showing the water they have to drink there. Dr. Peppers wants you to know he now accepts high heel shoes. Originally Shoeman Water Projects began purchasing and shipping well drilling rigs to Kenya were droughts and political practices leave people walking miles and miles each day to collect dirty water for their families and livestock to survive. To date Shoeman Water Projects has purchased and shipped four water drilling rigs that have drilled 140 wells serving about 130,000 Kenyan people water. While investigating the water crisis in Haiti After the terrible January 2010 earthquake engineering contacts at Washington University introduced Shoeman Water Projects to EDGE Outreach. In 2010 Shoeman Water Projects partnered with EDGE Outreach as their main water delivery partner. EDGE Outreach trains individuals and organizations to provide safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Year-round training includes community water assessment, water treatment, health education, sanitation, and hand pump repair. Shoeman Water Projects exports shoes to distributors in South America, Haiti and Kenya. Shoe resale builds the local developing economy with retail businesses and affordable shoes for pennies on the dollar or barter.