Stop Podo

Podoconiosis, also known as "mossy foot" is a preventable diseases that affects over 4 million people in underpriviliged countries. From the Tropical Health Alliance Foundation Website: "Podo is truly a disease of the voiceless – it only affects people in rural communities who are too poor to afford shoes. It is also neglected because it is a tropical disease that visitors to the tropics will never develop."

This is such a preventable condition! "If everyone living on irritant soil had access to shoes, podoconiosis could be a thing of the past in only 20 years."

We'd like to thank Dr. Larry Thomas for making us aware of this. He discusses this condition here:

The solution is to increase awareness of this condition, donate for this great cause, and buy Tom's shoes! For every pair of Tom's shoes you purchase, they will donate one pair to a child in need.