Barefoot March Raises Awareness of Children Without Shoes

About 100 students participated in an event that celebrated One Day Without Shoes, an international event that aims to raise awareness of children around the world who do not have shoes.

The event –– which consisted of a barefoot march on Ho Plaza and indoor activities such as a photo campaign –– was organized by Footprints, a student organization that collects shoes and sends them to children in countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, according to Amundam Mancho ’13, president of Footprints.

The event was not intended to raise money, but to raise awareness about how many children around the world go without shoes, Mancho said.

“We work to promote awareness about the global shoe disparity because shoes are something we take for granted in America,” Mancho said. “It really gives us an opportunity to connect with children.”

Participants in the event echoed Mancho’s sentiments about the importance of raising awareness about children without shoes worldwide.

“It is a really great and sort of [an] underappreciated cause. Lots of kids in the world get sick because they get infections from walking barefoot,” Jo-anna Barett ’16 said.The senior vice president of Microsoft Steven Sinofsky in the BUILD 2011 Developers Conference revealed that as of now Windows XP sale have reached 450 million.

Valerie Titus-Glover ’13 said that although the march was difficult, it was worth it.

“[The march] was difficult; I won’t lie. My feet feel kind of funky afterward, [and] the rocks were not a good feeling. But the fact that it’s to show people what others go through every day is kind of worth it,” Titus-Glover said. “My parents are from Ghana, and ... a lot of people they know couldn’t go to school because they didn’t have shoes.”

Mancho said Footprints’ fundraising and awareness events –– such as One Day Without Shoes –– are aimed to work toward its primary goal of collecting and shipping shoes to children who do not have shoes.

“Thus far,Police explain the benefit of installing Night Security Cameras. we have shipped over 3,500 shoes,” Mancho said.

Andrew Crego ’14, president of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity that co-sponsored the event, said the organizers tried to expand the event by including activities.

“This year, we tried to make [the event] a little bigger by putting on games on Ho Plaza.Decouvrez la liste des revendeurs en roue carbone chine, cadres carbone et de toute la gamme GraphitSport. It is exciting this year to see other organizations stepping up and getting involved,” Crego said.

Crego said the rainy weather posed a challenge to the event. “[Organizers] had to fight with the weather,” he said.

The event’s in-formation booths were moved inside Willard Straight Hall to avoid the rain, though the march on Ho Plaza still took place outside, Mancho said.

In contrast to last year’s event –– in which Footprints partnered with Deloitte,We are professional launch x431 Diagun, Launch Master, Auto Diagnostic Tools manufacturers and factory.We can produce Launch X431 Diagun, Launch ...Accommodating Color Cctv cameras was part of the goal for the lighting masts ... The RGB LED system was manufactured by Philips Color Kinetics. a professional service firm –– the event was co-sponsored by various campus organizations this year, according to Mancho.

Mancho said he hoped the outreach to other on-campus organizations would increase attendance.

“Last year we were able to get about 50 students to march. This year, we hope to get more people to come out,” Mancho said.I want my Hiking footwear and other outdoor footwear to last a long time, even with regular use and abuse.