Shoes Distributed among School Children

NBJK and Plan India has started phase II of their shoe distribution campaign on 1 September from Churchu block. It’s noteworthy that they have covered 54, 042 children of 390 schools in 7 blocks namely Churchu, Tatijhariya, Daru, Sadar, Ichak, Chouparan and Barkagaon of Hazaribag district during November’13 – May’14 as phase I of this noble effort to provide shoes to village children. Mr. Shivesh Verma (Consultant, Plan India) justifies shoes for children as a deterrent to various infections which ensure safety for tender feet and inspire children to go their schools regularly. It adds to education ultimately and our target is to equip the same children with new pairs of shoes as a booster to this awareness, he said. Under phase II of the campaign, 5,483 students in 68 schools of Churchu block, 10,900 boys & girls of 63 schools in Sadar block and 1,754 children of 13 schools in Tatijhariya block have been covered till 3rd week of September. All the shoes are donated by Toms Shoes, UK and entire distribution exercise will take one more month to reach rest of the schools in other blocks of the district.