09 April 2012

One Day Without Shoes

I am not wearing shoes tomorrow. It is exactly 32 degrees Fahrenheit but you bet I'll do this.

Tomorrow, April 10th, is the day we all have a chance to spread awareness of the impact a single pair of shoes can have on a fellow human being's life.

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Millions of children around the world live without shoes, exposed to diseases and injuries. A fact that is hard to grasp from the coziness of your warm and insulated home.

Go barefoot! 
Help spread information about the way millions of children suffer and the more we become, the more solutions we will find!

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Some facts
4,000,000 people suffer from podoconiosis, a highly neglected but seriously debilitating and disfiguring soil transmitted disease. In 2011, podoconiosis was added to the World Health Organization's Neglected Tropical Disease list, which was an important milestone in raising global awareness of the condition.

Podoconiosis is the reason behind this condition, called Elephantiasis. Photo: Oscar G. Mason
740,000,000 people have hookworm, which is the main reason for maternal and child morbidity. In susceptible children hookworms cause intellectual, cognitive and growth retardation. A third of all pregnant women in developing countries are infected with hookworm, 56% of all pregnant women in developing countries suffer from anemia, 20% of all maternal deaths are either directly or indirectly related to anemia. 

Learn more about One Day Without Shoes project here. Download additional information to be prepared to answer the question "Why are you wearing no shoes?"

Would you risk your comfort tomorrow?


10 comments:

  1. You can absolutely count me in! I am so grateful Sonya for all this important information that you bring to our attention. We take so much for granted, but there is certainly something we can do to make a difference. You all know the expression,
    "Walk a mile in someone else's shoes." Tomorrow, let's walk that mile without shoes!

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    1. Thank you, Laurie, for always being by my side. It is important that we join forces for all good causes out there!

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  2. This is a really great cause--one that we tend to forget about in places where hookworm is easily treated, but in other places without regular doctor check-ups, you probably wouldn't even know you had until it got to really acute.

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  3. this is insane! My two little sisters are going to do this tomorrow too. Very interested.

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  4. Sonya - I participated today. I even wrote a blog about it. I would love for you to check it out! Please let me know what you think. http://greennavywifederbygirl.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/one-day-without-shoes/ ‎

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  5. Sonya - I participated today. I even wrote a blog about it. I would love for you to check it out! Please let me know what you think. http://greennavywifederbygirl.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/one-day-without-shoes/ ‎

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  6. I'm sorry for the double post. I'm not sure if blogger is recognizing my wordpress account. I wanted to make sure my comment was posted.

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  7. wow.. what a fabulous cause and many thanks for all the info you pass along!

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