Being the Change: Man Tries to Find Viral Kid Who Needs School Shoes

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 8:52 PM by Marilynn Manuel

- A kind South African citizen recently headed online to get help from Saffas to find a student desperately in need of school shoes

- His post features a snap of the student whose shoes and socks are both badly broken

- Many locals tried to help the man while others told him that there are many schools where he can find children to help

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A young South African man whose heart has been filled with the desire to make a difference in someone's life recently headed online to share a heartwarming plea for help finding a young boy who was pictured with very broken school shoes and socks.

Being the Change: Man Tries to Find Viral Kid Who Needs School Shoes — This man wants to help a child in need. Images: @MTshwaku
Source: Twitter

The man with the Twitter handle, @MTshwaku also shared a heartbroken snap of the obviously impoverished child that looks like he could be no older than 10 years old displaying his ghastly shoe situation for the image.

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"Tweeps we are looking for this boy, urgently," he captioned the snap.

Locals had this to say:

@m_sphetho said:

"Before looking for this poor boy, go to schools near you..you will find children in a similar situation..help them...Thanks for showing good heart on Twitter..but help children near the first b for looking for those on social media."

@Simmy_Redz said:

"Reminds me of myself in high school. By God's grace I'm a well-established private doctor now. I'd like to help him if he is to be found... I know exactly what he is going through."

Lance Anthony Petersen said:

"If you find him please let me know. I can donate school wear."

In similar heartwarming Briefly News, the humanitarian gesture of a man has gained massive traction from social media users. The kind-hearted man identified as Mohammed Jammal shared a clip in which he was seen at the top of a car, serving food from a cooler in take-aways to unidentified persons.