What happened next?...

19th may 2010...Virginia...

"...Everyone who got a pair of shoes was nowhere to be seen! People could not waste their time, they had to run home, take a bath and go for a walk in the nearby villages to show off! That is how neighbouring villagers flocked home to see for themselves and if possible ask for their share, which was impossible. I had to work through the waiting list, the Makuluni villagers and children of nearby villages going to the Molanje school...

...Some people from Makuluni village but who are married in nearby villages came back, claiming their identity! To be a Makuluni resident was SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL!!! Everyone wished they were from Makuluni village. Some made calls to their relatives far and wide, we saw people who went missing for a verylong time. It was such a reunion time, people coming together in the name of Aussie Shoes!!...

...Thank God that Makuluni's neighbours also benefitted through the children going to the Monjole school. In fact, forget about Makuluni village being the only recipient! Monjole Community School enrols students from all the surrounding villages including Nsikita, Namaja, Naliya, Mbodole, Malunda, Mulelemba and Makuluni herself. All these villages have children who went away with the shoes to their homes...