There is still a lot of lather. By the mid-1990s, LWR was still shipping an average of 130 tons of soap each year. If you could follow the boxes to their destination there would be a story in each one. At the borders of Rwanda in 1994, LWR soap reached refugees who had been on the run for six months with only the clothes on their back. In an arid and dusty corner of Kenya today, teachers at a refugee camp report that when LWR soap is on hand more young women attended school.
Human hygiene is a matter of pride as well as health.
However, while the importance of soap has not changed, how we can provide it is changing. Although the supply here continues to be strong, demand overseas is changing. LWR partner agencies are realizing the benefits of versatility and preparedness. Soap use overseas includes schools, hospitals, clinics, households and refugee camps. New bars of unwrapped soap can be used in any of these places.