http://travelchatter.dailymail.co.uk/2012/05/campaign-for-more-sun-protesters-call-on-help-from-cameron.html
A group of optimistically bikini-clad ladies held up handwritten signs calling
for an improvement in the weather, with one cartel stating: 'Mr Cameron, show
us the light'.
The bizarre protest is part of a campaign by brothers Rob and Paul Forkan, who
were orphaned by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
The pair are hoping to raise money to build an orphanage in Goa, India, as a
tribute to their parents and are hoping to add to the proceeds by
selling specially-designed flip flops - something that surely must have been
hindered by the lack of sunny weather.
Rob Forkan, who founded the brand Gandys Flip Flops, said: 'The poor weather
and the current economic climate haven’t exactly put people in the mood for the
beach. We thought it would be interesting to combine the two issues with a
protest in jest. Hopefully we will cheer even Parliament up!'
Ten per cent of the proceeds from sandals, which feature a footprint as part of
the branding reflecting Mrs Forkan’s favourite poem, Mary Stevenson’s
Footprints in the Sand, go to Children Walking Tall, a charity that helps slum
and street children in Goa.
Rob said: 'Our goal is to open an orphanage for the 10th anniversary of the
tsunami, which gives us about two-and-a-half years. When we lived in India we
used to spend time working in orphanages so we got to see what it was all about
from an early age. After what we’ve been through, we really want to give
something back.'
The brothers have invested all of their savings in the brand and have already
generated a great deal of interest from high street chains at home and abroad.
There’s also a documentary about their story in the pipeline.
To see the work they do in Goa:
http://www.childrenwalkingtall.com/
