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Ocean Sole - Recycled Flip Flop

We gather the raw materials for our art from the ocean and waterways. As our process is manual, not a machine, we take that ocean trash and create unique flip-flop sculptures from recycled flip-flops.<br>https://oceansole.com/

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Ocean Sole - Recycled Flip Flop

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  1. OCEAN SOLE

  2. Our Mission At Ocean Sole, we are a registered non-profit, whose mission is to clean polluted beaches and provide careers to Artisans in high-impact communities.

  3. We are a social enterprise, that upcycles washed up flip- flops found along the beaches and waterways in Kenya. Inspired by the toys children were making out of the flip- flop debris, Julie Church, the Ocean Sole Founder, encouraged their mothers to collect, wash, and cut the discarded flip-flops into colourful products to sell at local Kenyan Markets as another means of income for their families. Our social enterprise positively impacts over 1,000 Kenyans through the collection of flip-flops and direct employment. We provide steady income to nearly 100 low-income Kenyans in our company. We aim to recycle a million flip flops year, recycle over one tonne of styrofoam a month, and save over five hundred trees a year - by using flip flops instead of wood. We contribute over 10-15% of our revenue to beach cleanups, vocational and educational programmes as well as conservation efforts. We use our social enterprise to pay bonuses to employees, invest in a welfare programme that allows a zero return in funds to all employees to help facilitate payments for educating their children, buying land and other means.

  4. PEOPLE ARE THE HEART OF OUR ORGANIZATION. WE SUPPORT EQUALITY & ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY IMPACT. WE PROVIDE MEALS, HEALTHCARE, FAIR WAGES, AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FOR NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

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