Accessable Shoes

Accessible shoes are shoes designed to support children in poverty in Andisabe, Madagascar. In Andisabe, the most common form of transportation is walking. The ground is acidic and walking barefoot risks injuries. The goal of this shoe is to endure constant wear and tear while staying practical and protecting children from injury. 75% of the Madagascar population lives on under $1.90 per day, the shoe needs to be inexpensive to truly be accessible. Accessible shoes will provide cheap durable shoes to the children of Madagascar, protecting them from bacterial infections and damaging their feet among other health issues.

Accessible shoes will provide the children of Andisabe with shoes that will last. Designed for children of any gender who are 5 - 14 years old, these shoes will pave the way for shoes that grow with the child. The shoes are designed to be durable, breathable, inexpensive, made with local materials, and to grow with the child. The shoe has a gap to allow for elastics to fit the shoe perfectly and for breathability. In order to minimize costs it is made with local materials including sugarcane, recycled fabric, and coffee grounds. It is reinforced in the places a shoe would usually wear down and has elastics in multiple places as well as inserts in the sole to create the perfect shoe for the user. Accessible shoes will make shoes truly accessible and beneficial to kids in Andisable.

Teo's Brief

Accessible shoes are shoes that target a younger audience of kids who are involved in child labor and their only way of travel is to walk. The target area would be a town in Madagascar called Andasibe. In Andasibe there are no paved concrete roads therefore driving and biking are not very popular. The ground is acidic and walking barefoot would cause skin damage. In all of Madagascar, the average daily wage is $5 therefore it takes longer to afford certain things like solid durable shoes that will last a long time.

Kids ages 8-12 in Madagascar struggle with being forced to walk everywhere and they need solid sustainable shoes that can grow with their feet as they get older. This shoe would be made out of durable, long lasting, and colorful material. The sole is able to extend with a spacer to allow for children to adjust the shoe as they grow.

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