Questa legislatrice di Uyo, in Nigeria, ha una missione: fare in modo che tutti i bambini delle comunità locali abbiano un paio di scarpe ai piedi che li proteggano dalle malattie.
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00:00The Back to School project is basically about going to the rural community, looking out for students who walk barefoot to school.
00:12I make the production as a shoemaker, that's where my profession comes in.
00:16So I make shoes in a minimum of 100 to 500 pieces we give to students in the rural community that goes to school barefoot.
00:30My name is Sandra Okonbasi. I am a professional shoemaker and also the leader of the Park Legislative Council, the first woman to be on that seat.
00:40I run a charity foundation called Sandra Okonbasi Save the Life Foundation.
00:43We give our scholarships and we also carry out what we call Back to School Project.
00:49It all started when I and my team went to visit a local community.
01:01On our way, we met some children going to school and we discovered about three of them were without shoes.
01:11I opted to give them a leave to their school.
01:13Dropping them off at school, I saw lots and lots of children without shoes.
01:24That was when I discovered that out of maybe 50 students in the class, about 20 to 30, actually without shoes, I was broken.
01:36I was broken. I wept.
01:39These kids don't deserve this.
01:43That was when I decided that I was going to put shoes on the feet of children in the rural communities
01:57who are, who walks barefoot, either to school or at home.
02:02The joy that comes with it is something I can't explain.
02:10It has gone beyond giving.
02:12It has given me the self-satisfaction, happiness that is beyond this world.
02:17So that's why I'm so passionate about it.
02:19And the smell.
02:21Oh God, it's priceless.
02:22The smell, the happiness on the faces of these children is something money cannot buy.
02:30And with that, I don't think I can ever stop doing that project.
02:35Because I know there are so many.
02:37There are so many out there.
02:40We're just starting.
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