You don’t know them? The comfortable slip-on shoes from TOMS. The American brand was founded in 2006 and is one of the most well-known and successful charity brands. With every purchase you make, TOMS helps a person in need. One For One. We are happy to contribute to that!
How it all started.
TOMS creator Blake Mycoskie noticed during a visit to an Argentinian village that the children were not wearing shoes to protect their feet. To help them, he started TOMS. With every pair of shoes sold, they donate a new pair of shoes to a child in need.
- What started as a small charity project has now grown into a fast growing and successful company.
- TOMS has now given more than 70 million (!) shoes to children in need.
- Today, there are numerous models, for women, men and children, in short.
- Something for everyone! Fashionable footwear and only natural materials are used.
They also work on good eye care, clean drinking water, contribute to employment in these countries and offer maternity packages. Every Mother Counts is one such organization that works for a safe pregnancy and delivery for every mother, everywhere in the world.
Access to good maternity care is self-evident in a country like the Netherlands, but unfortunately this is not the case everywhere in the world. Every two minutes a mother dies from complications of pregnancy or delivery, that is 720 (!) women per day. In many cases this could have been prevented if there had been good maternity care.
Beautiful collaboration with Every Mother Counts
Especially now that I am a mother myself, I am shocked by this. TOMS and Every Mother Counts have joined forces and together they developed a collection for mother and child, with the orange rose as a point of recognition. This rose symbolizes maternity care. Aren’t they cute?!
For every TOMS + Every Mother Counts product you buy, €5 is donated to Every Mother Counts. How beautiful is that! Shop the TOMS + Every Mother Counts collection here .