Today December 14, 2017 the Shoe to School project which is the distribution of free made in Aba school Sandals landed at Umunevo Community Primary School in Isiala Ngwa South LGA. This project which is in support of the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's drive to promote made in Aba products is being fully supported by Abians from all works of life. Today's gesture was courtesy of Ngwa Action Group Inc (NAG) an organization based in United States . According to the President Ifeanyi Onyenweaku "We heard about the Shoes to schools program by Dr Okezie Ikpeazu and wanted to be part of it . We chose to sponsor a school randomly in Ngwa land, as a way of giving back to our communities and Umunevo became the lucky school".

The project being coordinated by the Governor's SSA on Job Creation and Youth Development Mr Chinenye Nwaogu and coordinated in the diaspora by Dr Mrs Ngozi Erondu the coordinator of Abia Diaspora Brain Trust has already distributed over 4,000 pairs of made in Aba school Sandals freely to many pupils in Abia State.

Receiving the Sandals both the head teacher and Umunevo village head thanked the Governor and all those who are part of the project for such an impactful and visionary scheme. They opined that the beneficiaries will forever treasure the gesture and imbibe the spirit of giving back to society when they are of age.

Philanthropy is an Igbo word. The Igbos understand the true meaning of giving. This is why the poverty level in the east is the lowest because private individuals help the poor by building schools, churches and roads. See how happy the children are

Igbo amaka!

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