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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