ABARO is encouraging corporations to sponsor the first black school shoes for underprivileged children. What began as a small-scale corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort has turned into an annual initiative benefitting thousands of school-going children.
Who knows one pair of shoes could bring cheers to these students - photos credited to Lao My Home Foundation
There is story behind how this donation happened. One of our team went to the island of Indonesia to travel and promised to return again because they found that the children were barefoot to school and felt that they could do something for the children.
Our CSR activities were initiated from a newspaper article reporting about how poor children in Laos walk barefoot or wear ill-fitting shoes to school. We believe that a new pair of shoes can be life-changing for kids in need.
From ragged slippers to new school shoes, these Nepali children have reasons to smile this festive season. Through a kind volunteer Selina Ng, Abaro donated 100 pairs of shoes to Shree Bacheshwor Primary School and Shree Bhagawati Primary School, Kavrepalanchok located in rural Nepal
Donation at the Open House Raya event on Space U8 with our Malaysian Minister of Federal Territories, YB Tuan Haji Khalid Bin Abd Samad.
The initiative has been extended multiples schools in Malaysia. In 2017, the activities has reached out school children in Nilai and Sepang.
In Laos, 23.3% of its people live below their national poverty line, according to the World Bank. Many families are unable to afford adequate clothing.
Since 2016, we have given out close to 21,000 pairs of ABARO school shoes to poor and needy children in Laos through corporate partnerships and our corporate social responsibility initiative.
