Boots to Botswana

Thanks to the generosity of supporters at the Jason Leonard Annual Dinner in 2017, plus Neil Blewitt, Atlas hero, who was awarded a £1000 prize for his exceptional charity work, Atlas was able to purchase 600 pairs of boots . Initially intended for children in Botswana, the support was so generous that we were able to buy boots for children in Kenya, Zimbabwe, India and South Africa too.

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