Be In Their Shoes

The Be In Their Shoes – BITs project was designed to run for just 3 weeks: from the 22^nd of July to the 10^th of August. The managers of the project, two interns at Mann Deshi (Marcel Tavelini and Emilia Galiano), wanted it to end before they left the Foundation and they decided to set the delivery of the shoes for the 14^th of August. To avoid misunderstandings about the total final amount (published on the 11^th of August) and to stop the donations coming in from Global Giving, the project managers asked to deactivate the project after the 10^th of August.

Mann Deshi Foundation has agreed to advance the sum collected through the donations, to allow the managers to buy all the shoes and the sports equipment in time for the delivery event. With the funds advanced by Mann Deshi the managers were able to buy:

—   185 pairs of shoes

—   189 pairs of socks

—   1 punching bag

—   8 pairs of boxing gloves

—   3 tennis balls

—   4 tennis rackets

—   6 cricket tennis balls

—   4 hockey balls

—   6 rubber sports rings

—   2 wooden discuses

—   6 frisbees

—   6 badminton shuttlecocks

—   24 shin guards

—   2 pairs of goal keeper's gloves

—   16 taekwondo dresses

—   2 chest guards

—   2 double kick pads

—   2 head guards

—   1 boxing pad

—   1 boxing rubber ball

—   45 pairs of football socks

—   1 goal net

—   7 football balls

—   5 volleyball balls

—   2 baseball bats

—   4 baseball balls

—   2 cricket bats

—   22 hockey bats

—   3 pairs of shoes for the trainers

—   8 dental shields

—   4 hand wraps

—   12 leading anklets

—   10 knee caps

This sports equipment will be used by the children participating to the Mann Deshi Champions Program: they will keep the shoes and the socks, while the rest will be kept in a storehouse in the practice field.