09 July 2012

Kisses Of Love For Cold Little Feet

Submitted by: DERRICK Z. VENTER

Ever stood on a thorn? Walked barefoot on a gravelly road? Or hot footed it across the parking lot to your car after a balmy day on the beach? In South Africa, thousands of children do just that. Only they do it for miles, every day, just to get to school.

These children come from families who just can’t afford to buy school shoes for their children. When there’s a choice of feeding the family or buying shoes, it’s no surprise that food wins. Sadly, this means children are often turned away from the school gates because they don’t have the regulation shoes.

Keren Trabelsi, owner of Suntra Spa in Cape Town and CEO of Bellabaci International understands the pivotal role education plays in changing lives and has initiated a program within Bellabaci and Suntra Spa to aid and help these underprivileged children."We hope to be able to make a difference to these children and their parents, we take so much for granted when getting our kids ready for school in the morning, never really ever thinking that there is a child out there that does not have the same necessities that we have, so we’ve come up with a plan to provide school shoes to these children".

"For every Bellabaci product sold worldwide, we will donate $1.00 towards school shoes, we have found that not only do these kids need shoes but socks as well. I appeal to families in South Africa, especially the Western Cape to visit our FaceBook page to find out where they can send old and used socks, it is appalling that in some cases, children are wearing 3 to 4 pairs of socks instead of shoes and those with worn out shoes wearing no socks at all".

Together we have the power to enrich a child’s life and improve their prospects for the future. One Bellabaci kiss at a time.

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