Virginia and i were certainly not sure how the logistics of the project would evolve. Certainly people we spoke to were indicating that the resource of secondhand shoes was accessible and willingly available. In the back of many, many wardrobes, unwanted shoes and dust bunnies were happily co-habiting.
Then we heard that a 7 year old boy had been listening to our conversations and had told his mum he would like to tell his teacher about the idea and help to collect shoes at this school. Meet Shoe-pal 1!
Shoe-Pal 1 and his mum (my sister karen) sent an email to the principal of his school. In it Shoe-pal 1 told her how sad he was that children in the world were going to bed with very sore feet and could they collect shoes through the school. He would empty the boxes with his mum and could the invitation to donate shoes please go into the school newsletter?
" We are going to send the shoes to Malawi on a boat but with Virginia. We wont go."
And the answer was a resounding YES.
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