“Shoes-off Walkathon 2011” is an
annual large-scale fund-raising event organized by China Education
Association, HKUSU (CEA), which is run by students of the University of
Hong Kong. Following the mission of CEA, “Shoes-Off Walkathon 2011” aims
at raising fund for the “China Education Development Fund, China
Education Association, HKUSU” to subsidize schooling expenses of
secondary school students in rural China.
Shoes-off Walkathon requires the participants to walk with
bare foot. This is to provide a chance for them to experience how the
children feel during their journey to schools in rural areas. Roads in
the remote villages are scattered with clays and gravels, and the
children have to take a long journey to school every day, with low
quality shoes, even with bare foot in some cases. Therefore, our
walkathon aims at providing similar feelings for the participants while
raising fund at the same time.
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