By Natalee Kerr
St Joesph’s College students have collected more than 150 pairs of used football boots for indigenous children in the Northern Territory.
Teacher Leah Irving said the recipients would be “ecstatic” with their new footwear.
“They kick the footy around barefoot and in some instances the footy is a discarded plastic bottle, so new boots are amazing for them,” she said.
Fifteen Joeys boys would hand-deliver the boots to the Nauiyu Nambiyu community next year on an annual school camp, Ms Irving said.
Year 10 student Max Jones spent “hours” playing football with the local children on this year’s camp.
“They don’t wear shoes in general so the thought of owning specialty footy boots is completely foreign to them,” he said.
“The community were extremely grateful for the gifts and the time we spent with them.”
