Something new for a family dependent on recycling
Hand-me-downs don’t have to fit so long as they keep you warm. And that’s what matters to four-year-old Melisa as she clutches a Blythswood shoebox
Your gifts reach some of the poorest families in Europe
Laslo Dan presented shoeboxes to sisters Csilla (6), Elisha (14) and Tunde (5) in a village in Satu Mare county, Romania.
Jordan relies on the kindness of neighbours
By anyone’s standard, Jordan is the poorest of the poor. The Roma community to which he belongs survives by gathering herbs and mushrooms
Eleonora takes your gifts home to grandma
Books and dolls are the two things nine-year-old Eleonora likes best. And when Blythswood shoeboxes were handed out at her school
Pensioner in front-line village liked paint brushes and calendar
Genadiy lives in a village in northern Ukraine, near the Russian border. He is 73 years old.
Leonardo loves sweets
Leonardo knows that his box includes sweets. And that is what puts a sparkle in his eyes according to his teacher, Lidia Micula. “He was happy because of the sweets,” she says.