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10,000 pairs of shoes for children in the Pacific
Nine To Noon
English - August 12, 2021 21:45 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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An Auckland man has donated 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in the Pacific. Frazer Mataitonga has been continuing the charitable work that his mother used to carry out in Tonga. Together with his brother and sister and together they've set up the Akanesi Mataitonga Trust in her memory. And shoes are just the beginning, they have donated hospital beds, medical supplies and Covid-19 testing machine, helped rebuild schools and renovate houses.