Society of the Disabled Shoe Factory Visit

Elder Blaine Colton and Sister Chris Colton came from Frankfurt Germany to train us and get a feel for what Moldova is all about. I took a photo of them in front of our apt. One of our visits was to a favorte NGO partner of ours: The Society of the Disabled. We partner with them to distribute thousands of wheelchairs to needy Moldovans who would otherwise be homebound. Mihial, the president, is himself in a wheelchair as you might see in our group photo. One of the previous projects LDS Charities (our legal name in Moldova)did for the Society of the Disabled was to purchase new machines for sewing leather and attaching heels for their shoe factory. The disabled workers were making shoes with machines that were 60-80 years old! Pictured is one of those machines. The workers are so happy to have jobs and are quite proud of the shoes, sandles, and boots they produce. Elder Colton liked the heels on the ladies boot.