Today I want to create this article to something that I feel everyone should know about. They are called Sseko Sandals. Essentially these are sandals made by African girls to help put themselves through an education . They say it better than I do:
“ Sseko \say-ko\ Designs was initiated to aid these bright young women continue their schooling . The Ugandan school system is designed with a nine calendar month gap between secondary school and university. These nine months are intended to allow time for students to earn money for tuition before continuing on to university. However, in an impoverished and male dominated society, many of these young women struggle to find fair work during this time .
Sseko Designs hires recent secondary school graduates for this nine month period to live and work together, while earning money that will go directly towards their university education. These women will not make sandals forever. They will go on to be doctors, lawyers, politicians, writers and teachers that will bring change and unification to a country divided and ravished by a 22 year-long war.
Sseko Designs is a not-just-for-profit enterprise that recognizes the power of business and responsible consumerism to support sustainable economic development, which in turn affects a country’s educational, justice, and health care systems. The goal of Sseko Designs is two-fold: provide university tuition for these promising young women through a sustainable monthly income, while also contributing to the overall economic development of Uganda.”
Not only do these sandals help so many young women, they are quite stylish, in addition !
There are so many cool ways to tie these sandals, and there are tons of different straps to select from.
“Every sandal has a story. This story has only just begun, but with your help, it will be a story of hope, success and change.”
