Sseko \say-ko\ Designs was created to help the bright young women of war-torn Uganda continue their education. The Ugandan school system is designed with a nine month gap between secondary school and university. These nine months are intended to allow time for students to earn money for tuition before continuing on to university. However, in an impoverished and male dominated society, many of these young women struggle to find fair work during this time.
Sseko Designs hires recent secondary school graduates for this nine month period to live and work together, while earning money that will go directly towards their university education. These women will not make sandals forever. They will go on to be doctors, lawyers, politicians, writers and teachers that will bring change and unification to a country divided and ravished by a 22 year-long war.
We’re loving these handmade sandals for their philanthropic statement as much as for their customizability! Only $40/42 (depending on solid or patterns) these sandals are cute and affordable AND support an AMAZING cause!
Choose whether you prefer a Solid Strap or a Patterned Strap (limited availability) or don’t choose at all and get solid and patterned straps! Each additional solid strap is $7 and patterns are $9.
You can literally change your entire shoe in five minutes for less than $10!
Currently available in 5 different solid colors and a constantly rotating selection of Ugandan-market sourced patterned fabrics, these make a perfect gift for someone you love this Spring!
Don’t even limit yourself to the way you wear them! Sseko Designs are completely customizable—braid two colors or a color and a pattern together or go crazy and create a woven design on your feet. It’s up to you.
Kapowski Patterned Strap
Boca Patterned Strap
Sprig Patterned Strap
Starboard Patterned Strap
Every sandal has a story. This story has only just begun, but with your help, it will be a story of hope, success and change.
Sandal with Solid Strap - $40
Sandal with Patterned Strap - $42
Extra Solid Strap - $7
Extra Patterned Strap - $9
