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Jul 1, 2003

"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." --Hugh Downs

Ecosandals Out of Kenya

Matthew Meyer, founder of Ecosandals.com, decided to start a business in Korogocho after seeing Kenyan poverty firsthand when he went to Nairobi in 1992 during his junior year in college. He came up with the Ecosandals concept after noticing that others liked the locally made tire sandals shoes and thought the cheap alternative to factory-made shoes might have an international appeal. Within 36 hours of its airing, Ecosandals received 900 orders. Over the course of the next month, an additional 600 orders rolled in. At 20 dollars a pair, that totaled 30,000, a fortune in local terms.