3 Phases of Our Program
1. HYGIENE
Soap4Life makes and distributes free soap to remote villages who meet the criteria of poverty and remoteness for an introductory period to promote hygiene through hand washing. We distribute the bars of natural soap to our targeted villages for their use and evaluation.
Our program makes soap available free of charge in order that the villagers may become accustomed to the benefits of using healthy soap on a daily basis rather than when there is money available to purchase a bar of harsh chemically produced imported soap. By seeing the benefits associated with regular hand washing and bathing, they realize the health benefits associated with soap.
Our program makes soap available free of charge in order that the villagers may become accustomed to the benefits of using healthy soap on a daily basis rather than when there is money available to purchase a bar of harsh chemically produced imported soap. By seeing the benefits associated with regular hand washing and bathing, they realize the health benefits associated with soap.
2. VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Soap4Life offers vocational training for women to learn to produce quality natural organic soap from locally sourced material. Training includes basic business (profit and loss analysis) and marketing approaches for selling the soap products. Once the village soap makers develop the capacity to meet the demand for soap in their villages, greater production is emphasized. Soap4Life connects the soap maker with sales outlets for their excess production to include export markets, NGO purchases and tourist markets.
3. EMPOWERMENT
Soap4Life makes and distributes free soap to remote villages who meet the criteria of poverty and remoteness for an introductory period to promote hygiene through hand washing. We distribute the bars of natural soap to our targeted villages for their use and evaluation. Our program makes soap available free of charge in order that the villagers may become accustomed to the benefits of using healthy soap on a daily basis rather than when there is money available to purchase a bar of harsh chemically produced imported soap. By seeing the benefits associated with regular hand washing and bathing, they realize the health benefits associated with soap. |
Soap4Life recognizes gender as a major constraint that is preventing women from taking part in village level committees is the fact that a large percentage of women in rural Laos have not been given an opportunity or the necessary resources to improve their standing in local society. Women Soap makers develop the skills and capacities that are needed so that they can actively take part in village level committees and income generating activities.
The women are seen by their peers as a specialist who makes and sells a product which is far superior to the chemically based imported soap which is available in some of the market vendor stalls. The recognition raises her to a higher level of acceptance in the village and thus she begins her journey on her path to empowerment.
The women are seen by their peers as a specialist who makes and sells a product which is far superior to the chemically based imported soap which is available in some of the market vendor stalls. The recognition raises her to a higher level of acceptance in the village and thus she begins her journey on her path to empowerment.
Soap4Life is always donating it's soap to benefit groups (schools, blind institutions, orphanages, home birthing groups etc) in order to make the best and healthiest solution to combat childhood illness and reduce infant mortality. Our ability to make the free soap available is based directly on our level of donations. If you have a favorite organization or cause, let us make a donation of soap on your behalf.