Photo credit: Global Soap Project.
Everybody loves the little soaps that come in hotel rooms, right? Well, as cute as they are, they also add up to a lot of waste – it’s estimated that almost 3 million of those bars are thrown away in the U.S. every day.
But one nonprofit is working to keep bars of soap out of the landfill and get them into the hands of people who need them most.
It’s called the Global Soap Project. It recovers soap from hotels and repurposes it into new bars for people in developing nations who are vulnerable to hygiene-related health problems.
Recently, the nonprofit announced that it is partnering with the Hilton hotel chain, which will donate both money and soap to the project. Hilton says it expects to provide one million new bars of soap to people in need within the first year of participating in the program.
The Global Soap Project was founded by Derreck Kayongo, a former refugee who saw firsthand the devastating impacts that easily preventable illnesses had on vulnerable populations.
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“When living as a refugee in Kenya, I realized soap was hard to come by, even completely nonexistent sometimes,” Kayongo said in a statement. “Even when available, those living on less than a dollar a day had to choose between buying food or soap. People were suffering from illness simply because they couldn’t wash their hands.”
Unfortunately, the project can’t accept small-scale soap donations. But to learn about other ways to get involved, visit the Global Soap Project’s website.
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