Shoes can prevent infection and disease, and in general make life easier and more pleasant. According to the website, many children must walk barefoot for miles to school, clean water and medical help. Cuts and sores on feet can lead to serious infection, and often children are not allowed to attend school if they do not have shoes. In Ethiopia, one million people suffer from a disease cause by walking barefoot in volcanic soil, that is completely preventable with basic foot hygiene and shoes. I wish i'd known about this event before it was happening, I didn't really see it publicised anywhere which is a shame, as it seems like a really good cause.
A quarter of a million people participated in other 1600 events around the world though, so they must have found out about it somewhere - they were probably much more observant than I am! If the idea was to raise awareness though it certainly worked - everyone walking down the street was staring and taking photos, just like me!
Hope you guys are looking forward to the sunny weekend!
Love, Tor xx
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Did you see the pop up shop at the end of carnaby street for the Environmental Justice Foundation? I volunteered there yesterday and its really good. They are selling 100% organic t-shirts designed by some top designers like Luella, Giles and Richard Nicoll and every penny from them goes straight back to the charity. They also have stock by some ethical designers such as Lowie, Monkey Genes and Good One upstairs. Its only there until the 4th of May but its really worth a look!! My blog has some more info if you are interested!
I love things like this that make a visual impact but then it all gets spoilt by the t-shirts bandwagon (sorry but can there not be another way!)
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