Our Vijayawada Initiative

New school books for children in India

We are thrilled to have completed the first phase of our Vijayawada initiative at Commonsoles! Thanks to those who supported us by purchasing a pair of the Saahi flip-flops. As planned, we were able to provide new school books and supplies to the children of the workers at the facility in Vijayawada, India. These are the children of the people who made the Saahi flip-flops. It was an incredible experience for us to be able to connect with the workers' families in such a way. We can't wait to complete our next phase of this initiative!

All contributions of this first phase were made directly. Thanks to all that made this happen: our customers, our vendors, the media, the factory and workers in Vijayawada. The people at Sarada Industries do fabulous work and we are grateful for their patience and willingness to partner with us.  At the end of the day we realized that we can efficiently administer our own initiatives such as this one.  This one was easy, we discovered that we could purchase these supplies at a discount when we ordered them in bulk. Those savings and the fact that we were at the factory anyway working on new product meant an extremely efficient process.

In the meantime, since it has been so popular, we have decided that we will continue to sell the Saahi flip-flop. All additional funds will go toward supporting education for these children. Please contact us if you would like to learn more about our initiatives, our process, our company, or our product.