Shoes to be sent to Africa

The appeal, which also involves sending adult shoes, was part of the national Shoe Aid For Africa campaign. The project, which is being supported by the Football Association, was launched for the first time last year by shoe care company Kiwi, to give UK families a chance to change lives in Africa.
Following on from the success of last year's campaign, the company aims to collect 50,000 pairs of shoes for distribution in Africa in 2010 in the hope the old shoes will be cherished by children who have never owned a pair.
Assistant headteacher Sian Beynon said: "We were very pleased with the response from the children and parents. We had lots and lots of shoes. In our assembly we watched a video from the charity and one quote from it said a pair of shoes cost more than a month's salary, in contrast to the children in Prestwood who probably own more than one pair of shoes. Quite a few released how important it was and we talked about when children are running around playing football how shoes help to protect their feet.
"There was a moment of realisation that there's so much we take for granted."