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2,000 km + BAREFOOT CHALLENGEFOR CHILDREN IN INDONESIA 

Indonesia is one of the most bio-diverse places on earth with more animal, plant and coral species than any country.  

It also has over 232,000 homeless children. There 30,000 in Jakarta 

alone. Sadly every year over 167,000 children die before their fifth birthday 

through ill health or preventable diseases.....

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Walking for Humanity

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Sole Men How it started…

UK’s Robert Epstone, Rotary Club of Bali Seminyak’s “Rotarian Of The Year, and Swiss Beat Schmid de Gruneck both Bali residents and members of SGI-Bali, a Global Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture and Education, are the SOLE MEN INDONESIA They are spending a year barefoot in solidarity with homeless children.

“we are NOW barefoot to highlight the poverty and suffering of the poorest children in Indonesia.”

“We have planned a series of barefoot walks in Indonesia and Australia and will not stop until we have raised our target of $1,000,000”

SOLE MEN Barefoot Walks

June 2011 500 km walk around BaliAugust 2011 500 km walk in Java

Nov 2011-Jan 2012 2000km+ walk in Java-Singapore and more

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Children’s involvement with SOLE MEN

Children from orphanages, schools and villages will join the for short stretches of the SOLE MEN’s walks and the charity will raise additional money by Sponsors for every kilometre that the children complete

Members of the public are also encouraged to join the SOLE MEN at any part of their walks.

SOLE MEN will also be distributing food and booklets on children’s health and safety along their walks.

Who we are walking for…..“homeless children are amongst the most vulnerable in our communities, our barefoot walks are for them and we hope others will take up the idea to raise money for these children”Robert and Beat

Homeless children…. 2007 survey by Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs

12 Cities in Java estimated to have a total of over 250,000 homeless children

Jakarta estimated to have over 30,000 homeless children

Who are homeless children?

Children of families living on the streets From deceased parents Runaways from abusive families From parents who have moved away or abandoned their

children

Children at risk

Street kids are at risk from:DrugsProstitutionLack of sanitationCriminal gangsHIV/AIDSMental health problemsMalnourishment

“………….”“I had sex with my shoeshine customer, he paid me 3,000 rupiah. I found out later how wrong it was. I spent the money on Bakso”Boy, 13 years old

“I have been working on the street since I was 6 years old I sniff glue with my friends. It keeps the hunger away”Boy, 14 years old

“How can I go to school! I am too busy begging to get food. How can I get the money to buy uniform, books and pay the teacher? Can you help me?”Girl, 12 years old

Who is helping them? Government agencies Homeless shelters Orphanages Outreach education programs Outreach health programs

All these agencies and projects are critically underfunded and cannot increase their capacity sufficiently to meet the scale of the problem

Raise $1,000,000 through a series of barefoot walks Support projects helping homeless children and education Provide healthcare literature for schools, orphanages and

outreach health and education projects

100% of money donated will be used for projects. All SOLE MEN events and administration is funded by

sponsorship.

How you can help…… Fundraise… Use your contacts! If a SOLE MEN Barefoot Walk is happening in your area , help with

logistics and fundraising and spread the word in your community Start your own Barefoot Walk or Golf Tournament and get sponsorship Go Barefoot for a day, a week, a month, or a year! Get sponsored! Have a SOLE MEN fundraising event with your friends or at your

business…. Every little counts! Sponsor a SOLE MEN event Spread the word through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook

……are you a SOLE MAN or a SOLE WOMAN?

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DONATE NOW SUPPORT THE SOLE MEN'S WORK IN INDONESIA

Send donation to: Yayasan Samiarsa Seminyak Indonesia Sole Men Account no: 0208272174Swift: BNINIDJARNNPT.Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI)Jl Sunset Road No.48Komplek Pertokoan E-F Kuta-Badung , BALI  ID