This is Inncocent, an African wire-crafter, and his colleague below . . .

They are from the Hillcrest Aids Center. They are both HIV+ and live in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. Hoops 4 Hope commissioned them to make these wonderful designs so that the organization can auction them down the road to help raise funds. […]

The H4H truck arrived in Africa two weeks ago chock full of donated sneakers from the States.

Recognize these? They are the K1X Chiefglider X BOUNCE that came out in ‘04, donated to Hoops 4 Hope by our own Bobbito Garcia.
Peep this letter from one of the Hoops 4 Hope sneaker donation recipients:
In my country […]

Hoops 4 Hope game in Africa. Peep #42 gold who’s playing shoeless. You can help . . .
Read info on these non-profit organizations below, all of which collect sneakers for needy, sometimes shoeless, kids worldwide:
www.hoopsafrica.org
View video of the Hoops 4 Hope program in Africa at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsGE5TdTlhU
www.samaritansfeet.org
They are now selling their own line and offer two […]

Last year, I sent a package to Hoops 4 Hope in Capetown, South Africa. I donated several slightly used sneakers, plus issues of REVERSE magazine for the kids over there. I always wondered if my package reached the organization or not . . . then recently I received a touching and warm letter […]

Levy Mwanza, former captain of Zimbabwe’s National Team.
I’ve been playing at the L.E.S.’ 14th St. Y for almost two decades now. From ‘93 to ‘04, I literally lived right across the street and would be up in there eh’reday, yo. For real. It was my second home. In the mid-’90s, I was part of a […]