That weekend I had my nephew sleep over my house, and bright & early in the morning he woke me up ready to make soaps! Below I included some pictures of our day making soaps for Haiti. Our next project we would like to donate soap to our soldiers. Friends & family are all pitching in to help make soap for our American troops.
The soaps will get to Haiti by Clean The World. Clean the World is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that collects used soap and shampoo from US hotels and soap makers. The much-needed soap is then donated to countries where poor sanitary conditions kill. Right now, donations are badly needed for the recent earthquake in Haiti.
CleanTheWorld.org estimates that each year 5 million lives are lost due to conditions like diarrhea-related infection. Of course, children are the ones most susceptible to these preventable diseases. A little hand washing goes a long way!
Clean the World was started by traveling business executive Shawn Seipler. He was sitting in his hotel room one night wondering what happened to all those bars of hotel soap that just get used once or twice.Together with friend Paul Till, Seipler developed a video and poster instructing hotel cleaning staff how to identify and store the gently-used soap and shampoo bottles. Once collected, the soap bars are shaved and steamed to ensure they are bacteria free. Then they are sent overseas.
Clean the World
8026 Sunport Drive, Ste 306
Orlando, FL. 32809
407-574-8353
The soaps do not need to be labeled (ingredients, type of soap, etc), and they can be homemade, from a hotel, melt-and-pour soap, or shampoo. Please include a brief note with your contact information explaining that you've donated soap and whether you'd like a receipt for your taxes.
Learn more about Clean the World at:
http://www.cleantheworld.org/
or in this 10-minute YouTube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/
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