Over 10 million children walk to school in South Africa, every day. Most of them walk without proper school shoes or no shoes at all. What you take for granted, waking up and putting on a pair of shoes, is a privilege for millions of children. Join 300+ donors and donate school shoes.
On 13 April, Vusi cycled 3257km from Musina to Cape Town to raise funds for 10,000 school shoes.
While the cycling journey was successfully completed, the mission to raise school shoes continues. This is your invitation to get inspired, join the crazy community and help raise 10,000 school shoes.
This is a collaboration between Vusi Sindane and Barefootnomore™ and Kids Etc NPC.
Barefootnomore™ produces recycled school shoes, backed by years of research and a pending patent to provide comfort for up to two years. This reduces waste plastic and adds to ESG goals for organisations and partners. Best of all, their manufacturing plant is based on Johannesburg, which creates jobs in the local economy.
For 11 years, Kids Etc NPC has been building a network of relationships and schools in underprivileged areas to provide school shoes. Seldom seen or appreciated, the administrative process of collecting shoes sizes, arranging transport, delivering the correct shoes to the correct school, and coordinating with community members, is onerous and could not be possible without the tireless effort of Kids Etc.
Vusi Sindane is a fundraiser and friend of humanity. He takes on crazy challenges, not only to raise funds for worthy causes but to inspire others to do the same. The funds collected are transferred to Barefootnomore™, which issues tax certificates to the donors and delivers school shoes to each child.
Depending on the size of your donation, you can choose a school and arrange an activation/event to deepen your connection with the beneficiaries. Each pair of shoes costs R100 (delivered to a school), which covers administrative and logistics costs as well. If you want to donate actual shoes (instead of money), feel free to contact us. Please note that we accept a minimum of 100 pairs of school shoes in this case.
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