Warm Welcome to Sal’s Shoes at Lerang’wa

Just before half term, over 1000 villagers turned up at our partner school Lerang’wa in Tanzania to see over 700 children receive school shoes and pens from Sal’s Shoes, long standing school partner and one of the PA’s chosen charities. The turn out at school to share in this event shows what an impact these simple items make to the lives of these children. The shoes were donated by schools across Surrey including Caterham and will help to keep feet safe and healthy on their often long journeys to and from school. The pens were donated by Easistore, one of many companies that give redundant stock to Sal’s Shoes to distribute where they are needed most.

Caterham has been partnered with Lerang’wa School for 19 years and it is great to see them join up so successfully with Sal’s Shoes. Charitable monies raised by our school community including donations from our last Giving Day fund lunches for the school children. This midday meal is often the only proper meal of the day for the children. Members of the Lower Sixth Form look forward to visiting Lerang’wa in July and will be able to see first-hand how transformative these partnerships are.