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On the 6th of May 2010, I decided to give up wearing shoes for a year, to highlight the plight of the Burmese people. Starting on the day of our elections in the UK, i hoped to show to some degree how good we have it here in comparison to elsewhere in the world. I don't expect what I'm doing to change the world all on its own, but just to try and raise the awareness of those that i meet on a daily basis.
Starting on the 26th of July 2010, I shall be walking to Edinburgh from Dundee barefoot raising money for Prospect
Burma:
"Prospect Burma's mission is to invest in the democratic future of Burma through its young people. We educate those who will spread their knowledge and skills back to Burma for its future development. The need is urgent: in 1988, the military government closed all the schools, colleges and universities in Burma following the peaceful student-led demonstrations for democracy in 1988, which were brutally put down. Although the universities are periodically reopened, they remain subject to arbitrary closure. Those that are open are subject to repressive military control, and they are cripplingly under equipped: for instance, one class of 400 medical students had six text-books between them, published in the 1960s. The reality within Burma is that a whole generation of young people has been deprived of the opportunity of education, and the effect on Burma's future is incalculable."
You can find out more here: http://www.prospectburma.org/
and about the situation in Burma in general check out: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/05/11/story15044961t0.shtm
any money donated would be much appreciated and would help a lot of people. thanks.
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