Assocalzaturifici celebrate a highly successful year

It has been a very giving year for Assocalzaturifici: the initiatives undertaken in favour of those in need have achieved great results. Starting with Assocalzaturifici partnership with HUMANA People to People Italia Onlus. In a project that went by the name “Even feet can lend a hand”, Assocalzaturifici members donated their unsold products and remainders to the non-profit association. HUMANA then sent the shoes considered appropriate to Africa and reached an agreement with manufacturers to sell the rest of the shoes in its charity shops. The revenues funded a schooling project in primary schools in Chilangoma, Malawi.

According to HUMANA statistics, the partnership with Assocalzaturifici permitted collection of 300 kg of materials: a highly positive result for the environment too, because it means 90 kg of pesticides that need not be used, 180 kg of fertiliser that will not be spread on the land, 1080 kg of carbon dioxide that will not be emitted and fully 1,800,000 litres of water saved.
2,500 pairs of shoes have been collected so far: a result made possible by everybody’s help. CIMAC, our laboratory for testing and certification of fashion and safety footwear, also contributed much of the material in its warehouse, in the conviction that cutting waste by transforming unused materials into a resource for the people that need them most is the best way to provide for the future.

And this is not all the charity work that Assocalzaturifici has done this year. The revenues from sale of the works of world-famous photographer Giovanni Gastel – who curated the “Similitudini” exhibition during MICAM Milano – were all donated to HUMANA.

Lastly, at Christmas time, Assocalzaturifici made a donation to the Cooperative “I ragazzi di Sipario Onlus” in support of its work helping young people with mental and sensory impairments find work in the restaurant industry.
The cooperative has been around for 10 years and now has a tightly knit team of cooks and waiters who work with great commitment and professionalism every day at “I Ragazzi di Sipario” Bistro, serving lunches and pre-dinner drinks and providing a Catering & Banqueting service.