Human Rights - The Santa Shoebox Project is looking for donors
On Sakhisizwe today, we spoke to Irene Pieters - National Coordinator of the Santa Shoebox Project about this year’s campaign under the theme ‘Reaching the Rural child’. The Santa Shoebox Project is a community initiative that co-ordinates the donation, collection and
distribution of personalized gifts at Christmas time to underprivileged
children across South Africa and Namibia . The project hopes to
collect 100 000 gifts for 2013 to be dispatched to more than 1000
children’s homes and other child care institutions while participating is a
profoundly valuable and personal experience with each donor selecting the child
he or she chooses to pledge a Santa Shoebox for by name, gender and age. Boxes
should include some practical necessities such as toothpaste, toothbrush, face
cloth, soap, and an item of clothing, sweets, educational supplies and a toy.
The gift wrapped boxes need to be dropped off at central distribution points
across the country between Friday October 18th and Saturday November 2nd, 2013 . For further information
you can contact the Santa Shoebox Project on 076 491 2407 or send an email
to info@santashoebox.co.za
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