This Black Friday weekend, we’re partnering with Everyday Refugees Foundation to make every step count for kids in need.
For every pair of adult shoes purchased on keenfootwear.de from Nov. 26-30, 2026, KEEN will donate a pair of kids’ shoes to Everyday Refugees Foundation – helping children affected by displacement with comfortable, protective footwear.
Two children with KEEN shoe boxes during donation initiatives for refugees in Romania in 2022 (left) and Jordan in 2020 (right).
Let’s Make Positive Steps Together
At KEEN, we make shoes to make a difference, and to inspire everyone to get outside. For kids, that can mean racing to the playground, heading to school, exploring the world around them, or simply finding the space to be a kid.
But when a child and their family have been forced to leave home, everyday movement can look very different. While a pair of shoes can’t change the circumstances that brought them there, it can support them for their next steps: walking to school, settling into a new routine, or exploring a new place.
With your help, we hope to give kids a little extra comfort and support, and make their days brighter.
Children receive donated KEEN shoes at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, March 2022.
Showing Up Where It Matters
KEEN has been partnering with the Everyday Refugees Foundation since 2017. Based in the Netherlands, Everyday Refugees aims to document, educate, help, and empower refugees, local communities, and internally displaced people by war, poverty, discrimination, and natural disasters.
We’ve worked together on projects in Serbia, Greece, Jordan, and Romania, donating over 3,000 pairs of footwear. In Jordan, we provided shoes and boots to Syrian refugee children, women, and men living in harsh winter conditions in tented settlements near the Syrian border. In 2022, Everyday Refugees Foundation distributed more than 600 pairs of KEEN shoes to women and children fleeing Ukraine at the Romanian-Ukrainian border. Later that year, we supported families in temporary accommodations in Bucharest with footwear and everyday essentials.
Children receive donated KEEN shoes in Jordan: left in a tent in 2020, right trying on sandals in 2022.
Nearly a decade of doing good together. We’re grateful to Everyday Refugees Foundation, its local partners, and the communities who have welcomed them over the years. We're proud to play a small part in the important work they do every day. A great reminder that small steps really do add up.
We’ll share an update on the impact we’re able to make through this campaign. Thanks for making a KEEN Effect with us!
