Toms One for One

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A leading cause of disease in developing countries is soil-transmitted diseases, which can penetrate the skin through bare feet.

Wearing shoes can help prevent these diseases, and the long-term physical and cognitive harm they cause. They also prevent cuts and sores: 

Wearing shoes can help prevent these diseases, and the long-term physical and cognitive harm they cause. They also prevent cuts and sores Not only are these injuries painful, they also are dangerous when wounds become infected.

Many times children can't attend school barefoot because shoes are a required part of their uniform. If they don't have shoes, they don't go to school. If they don't receive an education, they don't have the opportunity to realize their potential.: 

Many times children can't attend school barefoot because shoes are a required part of their uniform. If they don't have shoes, they don't go to school. If they don't receive an education, they don't have the opportunity to realize their potential.

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Where is their hope?

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In 2006, American traveler Blake Mycoskie befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet.

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Wanting to help, he created TOMS Shoes, a company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need.

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So every time YOU buy a pair of Toms shoes, they put a pair on a barefoot child. ONE FOR ONE