Special-edition, Congolese-inspired TOMS Shoes
We're teaming up with Giving Partner Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), an advocacy and grant-making organization founded by Ben Affleck, on two Congolese-inspired designs with an additional give. Read More >>
TOMS x charity: water - An Eyewer collaboration
TOMS and charity: water, an organization founded in 2006 (like TOMS!) that’s dedicated to to helping bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations, join forces for the first-ever TOMS Eyewear collab! Read More >>
Giving TOMS Shoes in the DRC
Founded by Ben Affleck in 2010, ECI is an advocacy and grant-making organization that works with and for the people of DRC, the third most populous country in Africa, and one that struggled under a cycle of violence for nearly 20 years – particularly in the east. Read More >>
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World Sight Day: A look back
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s World Sight Day. Our goal was to raise awareness about the sheer magnitude of blindness and visual impairment as well as how treatable these conditions are. And we were amazed at your response.
Every poster that was hung, every tweet that was sent and every video that was shared contributed to the conversation about this very solvable crisis. We saw thousands of #GIVEsight messages over the past few weeks.
The response on the ground was incredible as well. We set up special visual distortion frames on sidewalks in several big cities (including London, New York, L.A., Toronto and Manila), and busy pedestrians around the world stopped and took a moment to see first-hand what it’s like to have glaucoma and cataracts.
And yesterday with Seva Foundation and Helen Keller International’s domestic program, ChildSight®, we went to a middle school in downtown Manhattan and gave more than 200 students vision tests – providing more than 50 kids with new prescription glasses. Then we capped off the day with a special event in Austin’s Symphony Square featuring artwork inspired by World Sight Day. Thanks again for helping spread the word.
