WATCH | How this invention is saving thousands of lives beautiful news sa > By beautiful news sa - 31 December 2020 - 07:00
While volunteering at an orphanage in Kenya, Kenton Lee encountered a young girl stumbling along Nairobi’s dusty streets.
Looking down at her shoes, he couldn’t believe what he saw. “She cut open the front to let her toes stick out,” Lee says.
Due to the rapid rate at which youth’s bodies develop, kids in impoverished communities are often forced to go without appropriate shoes or barefoot.
This leaves them vulnerable to soil-transmitted diseases and parasites which can become fatal if not treated. To prevent this, Lee designed a fitting solution – The Shoe That Grows.