Consider the fact that the Wayuu -of La Guajira, Colombia, are amongst the top poorest tribes of the world, and you can imagine the low capacity of acquisition they possess. It is not common to find a Wayuu mom in a store buying new clothes for their children. The ones who are able to buy clothing go to the market and buy used pieces for their kids at a low cost, which many still can’t afford. Think in the struggle of a poor Wayuu mother as her children quickly outgrow the two or three pieces of garment they own, or in the mother whose budget does not allow for purchasing second-hand clothes at all for her fast-growing children.
Through our Wear ‘n Share program, and thanks to our donors, more than 650 Wayuu children, ages newborn to 18 years, have been blessed with in-very-good-condition second hand clothing, and given a better quality of life.
We are always glad to receive your children’s unwanted or outgrown summer clothes. Every garment we receive has the potential of becoming a Wayuu child’s next story about God’s love in their lives. “Change their story when you change of clothes… Wear ‘n Share!”
“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”— James 2:15-17
