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Soles For Souls
By: Holly
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Walking to School
• Imagine walking over 6 km to school every day…
• Shoes are often required for school attendance in many countries.
• Increase attendance by as much as 62%.• Education is key to ending poverty.
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Open Sewers
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Open Sewers
• In developing countries, over 80 percent of sewage is discharged untreated polluting lakes, rivers and coastal areas.
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Fresh Water
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The Walk For Water
• Two out of three people in Africa must leave their home for drinkable water.
• Women and children are known to be the main water carriers in low-income countries, often spending more than one hour per water collection trip and making multiple trips per day.
• The average distance to fresh water in a developing country is 3.7 miles!
• No Shoes…
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Working In Fields
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Agriculture
• Agriculture employs 65 percent of Africa’s labor force.
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Podoconiosis• Countries in Africa, Central America, and Asia. • Countries both have volcanic pasts and are in Rural
locations, devoted to farming. • Over four million are effected worldwide (many
working as barefoot farmers in the irritant mineral red clay)
• When farmers repetitively work on the soil every day with no protection, inflammation begins within the lymph system in the leg. Then, foot swelling follows and eventually, elephantitis.
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Result of Untreated Podoconiosis:
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Results of Podoconiosis
• Children precluded from attending school• Excluded from a community's social and
religious events• Inhibits opportunities of building a family and
contributing in their community• The superstition causes family and friends to
end relationships.
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Hookworm
• Hookworm is a parasite, meaning it lives off other living things.
• Infects 1 in 4 people in the world.• Developing nations in the tropics and subtropics as a result
of faulty sanitation.• abdominal pain, cramps, fever, nausea, appetite loss and
itchy rashes.• Hookworm causes intrauterine growth restriction,
prematurity, and low birth weight in newborns. • Slow growth and mental development from losing a lot of
iron and protein.
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Schistosomiasis
• Affects 200 million people worldwide and its highest prevalence is in school-aged children. Infection occurs when skin comes in contact with contaminated water, allowing the worms to enter the skin.
• Infection can cause anemia, malnutrition, and learning difficulties.
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But what can we do to prevent this?
It’s simple! Giving one single person a pair of shoes and proper sanitation will change their life forever.
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