Reader’s Digest India – August 2019

Shriyans Bhandari helps students

try the Greensole footwear.

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FOOT SOLDIERS OF CHANGE

child empowerment Mumbai-based

athlete, Shriyans Bhandari and his

marathon-mate, Ramesh Dhami,

used to repurpose their worn-out

shoes into slippers and flip-flops.

This was to be the genesis of Green-

sole Foundation, an initiative they

launched together. “We recycle

used footwear, make it wearable

and distribute it among school chil-

dren in need,” he says. For millions

of poor, hungry, unclothed people

in this country, footwear is a luxury.

This means that the delicate feet of

deprived children are most affected,

as they walk to school or run around

barefoot, exposing themselves to

injuries and infections.

Greensole has tied up with

schools and colleges to distribute

reconstructed shoes across the

country. Since 2013, they have

distributed around 2.4 lakh pairs

of recycled footwear to the needy.

GOOD NEWS

for a

Better Planet

34 august 2019