DONATE CHILDREN’S SHOES FOR A ‘COMMEMORATIVE PROTEST’ 10 december 2023| The Hague

HELP WITH SHOES

Since this number is rapidly growing, we aim to make it more tangible and raise awareness. We hope to collect more than 8,000 pairs of children’s shoes together with you. We call on everyone to hand in children’s shoes (packed in pairs or with tied laces) at the collection point during the demonstration on Sunday, December 10 in The Hague. The demonstration starts at 1 p.m., opposite from The Hague Central Station, Laan van Reagan and Gorbachev.

If you are willing to give an additional helping hand in the logistics, please fill out the form on the ‘Plant een Olijfboom’ foundation website (planteenolijfboom.nl/schoen)! Next to planting olive trees, ‘Plant een Olijfboom’ (Plant an Olive Tree) foundation supports Palestinian people in need with food, medical assistance and other help needed.

AN INITIATIVE BY PARENTS

As parents of two young children we see it as our obligation to bring more awareness about the unprecedented destruction of lives of children in Gaza. As scholars and practitioners in the field of memorial architecture, we know that ‘commemorative protests’ are powerful messages that can have powerful agency.

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Photo: AVAAZ

In 2018, Avaaz organized a ‘commemorative protest’ with more than 4,500 pairs of shoes for Palestinians who lost their lives over the course of 10 years. Today we count 17,177 deaths only in the past two months, including more than 7,700 children. We are inviting you to bring pairs of children shoes at the collection point during the demonstration on Sunday, December 10 in The Hague. Second-hand shoes are welcomed, so please bring any pair you are able to give.

FOLLOW-UP

Shoes collected this Sunday will be exhibited in the coming week. After we exhibit them in public space, we will auction the shoes for the benefit of the Palestine Fund or transport them to Gaza.

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