TOMS invites you to join them and go barefoot on April 16th for their 6th annual ‘One Day Without Shoes’ initiative.
‘One
Day Without Shoes’ is a movement to bring global awareness to
children’s health and education. First founded in 2003 in the US, it has
since grown to attract hundreds of thousands of participants annually
throughout the world.
How You Can Get Involved:
Leave Your Footprint – Post a Photo
On April 16th simply post pictures of you at work, at home or out and about with no shoes on via Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #withoutshoes.
Leave Your Footprint – Be Part of an Exhibition
Each
image with this hashtag will be uploaded at a dedicated TOMS pop-up
space in Covent Garden and printed live, creating an ongoing exhibition
of the public’s barefoot photos.
Leave Your Footprint – Join the TOMS Barefoot Walk
TOMs invites you to meet on April 16th
at 15 Monmouth Street in Covent Garden from 6pm, where a walk to the
Seven Dials will commence at 7pm. Join TOMS and District MTV on London
barefoot walk challenge with special celebrity friends.
Throughout
the day, MTV will be showcasing the best upcoming Live music acts and
DJ Sets to entertain the crowds and get behind this fantastic
initiative.
This is about more than shoes.
Children lacking access to education and good health struggle to break
the poverty cycle. As well as helping as a preventative measure against
diseases such as hookworm and tetanus, many schools in rural developing
nations require students to have shoes to attend, so not having shoes is
a roadblock to opportunity. By providing these children with shoes and
school uniform, TOMS can encourage a child to stay in school; meeting
their basic needs as part of a deeper engagement in education, building
their confidence and self esteem, and opening them up to more
opportunities in life.
Organisers
hope that the impact of ‘One Day Without Shoes’ will spark conversation
about the health and education of disadvantaged children who go without
shoes globally. By raising awareness we can change the road ahead for
millions.
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