One for One Movement♥

Blake Mycoskie is an American traveler who in 2006 went to Argentina and realized he could do something for the world. When he arrived and after being there for a few days he noticed that most of the children living in that country was barefoot, but not for fun, like many of us do, but because they didn't had anything to wear. After going through those terrible images of poor kids living in horrible conditions, he decided to start doing something for them and there is were he created TOMS.



This was a company that would give a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes purchased, naming this project "One for One Movement." That same year he returned to Argentina with almost ten thousand pairs of shoes to give.



You might be thinking "Why would he wanted to give shoes instead of food, or clothes?" Well according to his web page after doing research he found out that being barefoot was a leading cause of diseases and if the kids were wearing shoes the chance of getting diseases was lower. Also having something to protect your feet prevents cuts and sores, and I'm not talking about the pain this would cause, but about the infections their wounds might get, endangering their health. Finally, the third reason is that in schools it is mandatory to attend with shoes, if you are barefoot you can not come in, and if children can't go to school because of being barefoot, they can't receive an education, losing the opportunity to have an education and prestige.