Elementary school children as young as seven helped to sew gifts for donors using upcycled school uniforms. Photo: KitaKitar
When KitaKitar, a secondhand uniform store at St Joseph’s Institution International School Malaysia in Petaling Jaya (SJIIM), embarked on ‘Walk in their Shoes’, an initiative to raise funds to buy 200 pairs of sports shoes for Orang Asli children, they never expected to exceed their target.
Gift pack for large donors/sponsors comprising items sewn using materials from upcycled school uniforms. Photo: KitaKitarThe campaign which was launched in conjunction with SJIIM’s Founder’s Day was inspired by Lasallian Founder St John Baptiste de Lasalle’s mission of service to those in need.
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Exceeding expectations
Elementary school children as young as seven helped to sew gifts for donors using upcycled school uniforms. Photo: KitaKitar
The students also made bilingual flashcards for Rumah Baca where the Orang Asli children can learn to read and write. Photo: Projek Asal
Even teachers and their families volunteered to sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
Elementary school children helping to sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
Orang Asli children with their washed and clean preloved school shoes provided by Projek Asal to Orang Asli children in Kampung TanHain in the Royal Belum Forest Reserve, Perak, in an earlier project. Photo: Projek Asal
Orang Asli children happy with their washed and clean preloved school shoes provided by Projek Asal earlier. Photo: Projek Asal
Gift pack for large donors/sponsors comprising items sewn using materials from upcycled school uniforms. Photo: KitaKitar
Eleven-year-old Lea noticed her mother Adele Goh squinting and struggling to thread needles and woke up early before online school just to thread 13 needles for her mother. Photo: KitaKitar
The Orang Asli children were happy to receive preloved washed school shoes in a previous project by Projek Asal. Photo: Projek Asal
Elementary school children helping to sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
Grandma Lee single-handedly sewed 200 five-stones and drawstring bags. Photo: KitaKitar
Year Five student Angelo who is leaving Malaysia to be reunited with his father whom he hasn't seen for 18 months due to international borders being closed, says the gifts will be wonderful souvenirs of his time at the school. Photo: KitaKitar
Highschool children busy sewing gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
Even the male teachers like Adam Lakhani joined in to help sew scrunchies. Photo: KitaKitar
Highschoolers helping to sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
Enaz (in white) collected preloved washed and clean school shoes for the Orang Asli children at Kampung TanHain in Royal Belum State Park, Perak, in an earlier project. Photo: Projek Asal
Teachers and their families also helped to sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
An elementary school girl helping to fill five stones with rice before sewing it up. Photo: KitaKitar
It's a whole family affair, with everyone chipping in to help sew gifts for donors. Photo: KitaKitar
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