{"id":588,"date":"2022-09-28T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.fireflythemes.com\/deneb-dark\/?p=588"},"modified":"2023-05-13T10:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T10:29:39","slug":"new-school-shoes-help-give-pupils-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/2022\/09\/28\/new-school-shoes-help-give-pupils-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Progear Donation: &#8220;New School Shoes Help Give Pupils Confidence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former Thembelihle pupil says children have no confidence to attend school with broken shoes, a problem which he aims to counteract. Johannesburg-based Pro-Gear Group Solutions business owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simphiwe Mpumela recently ploughed back 100 pairs of shoes to underprivileged pupils at the school. Mpumela believes a pair of shoes is just what some pupils need to continue on their journey of pursuing an education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You cannot force a child to reach a certain goal without giving them support. If you give them the confidence they will continues to go to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I give out of the kindness of my heart without expecting anything in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I told the principal I was not coming, but he begged me to come in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was not his first project. He said he had also recently donated shoes to Mpendulo Primary School in Mlungisi and at the time when Covid-19 was rife he contributed face masks to a school in Ndlovukazi and to one of there. schools in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mpumela, who has a giving spirit, said: &#8220;I have managed to donate to eight schools so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When a child does not have shoes or a complete uniform they feel something is missing in them, they have no confidence in class, but the moment they feel identical to others, it gives them a boost.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/south-africa\/the-rep\/20220422\/281659668596926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Read more on Pressreader<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"841\" data-id=\"2822\" src=\"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani.jpg 953w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani-703x620.jpg 703w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani-600x529.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-Komani-400x353.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"133\" data-id=\"2755\" src=\"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-primary.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-primary.jpg 378w, https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thembelihle-primary-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Thembelihle pupil says children have no confidence to attend school with broken shoes,&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/2022\/09\/28\/new-school-shoes-help-give-pupils-confidence\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">More Details<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Progear Donation: &#8220;New School Shoes Help Give Pupils Confidence&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-business","post_format-post-format-quote"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-gear.co.za\/solutions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}