Preloved Football boots

We have several pairs of kids football boots in good condition that the kids have outgrown. Is there any use of bringing them to SR to give to someone? If so, any suggestions of who to give them to, as I don%26#39;t want to cause problems.

Preloved Football boots

It%26#39;s great that you want to help. Unfortunately, Cambodian customs wont allow used footwear into the country. I got this information from the carryforkids website. Worth looking at if you want to know what you can bring.

Preloved Football boots

';Cambodian customs won%26#39;t allow used footwear in to the country';

Sorry, but this is utter nonsense. I visit an orphanage every year and friends %26amp; I bring kilos %26amp; kilos of used footwear into the country. Kids should be so lucky. Bring all you want, and then some!

3Future-

Look up Earthwalkers Guesthouse and/or the Warehouse Bar, who would have the lowdown on folks who need stuff. Cheers and good on you for wanting to help!

Maneko..I%26#39;m sure you dont intend to sound so rude. I was not relaying ';utter nonsense'; at all. I was only repeating what I had read from the carryforkids.org website. The information was taken directly from the orphanage wishlist. I actually remembered reading it, and went back to check the information before posting it.

I%26#39;ve been bringing and sending stuff over (including used footwear) for several years now, and it%26#39;s been fine. I visited the Ban Rajvithee in Thailand about 4 years ago, and I went through the Carry for Kids organization and never read a thing about the footwear...

Who cares who saw what where. 3FB, just take the shoes, the worst that can happen is you would have to drop them at Customs.

maneki

www.carryforkids.org

If you click on schools and orphanages,then cambodia, and then the sunrise childrens village wishlist it is highlighted in red.

Perhaps they are mistaken, but as they run the orphanage, I would like to think that they know what they are talking about. I can%26#39;t imagine that it is a rule that is just in place for that one particular orphanage. I simply decided to take other items on the list when I go to avoid even the remotest possibility that I was wasting space with an item that was not going to be allowed into the country.

Tracey-

I have just looked over the 4 websites of the orphanages listed on the Carryforkids site and could find nothing regarding used footwear being unacceptable. Could you please attach a link to where you read that?

www.carryforkids.org

';if you click on schools and orphanages, and then cambodia, then the sunrise children%26#39;s village wishlist it is highlighted in red';

As Tracy says, the info about used footwear not being allowed by Cambodian Customs does appear on the Wishlist link for Carryforkids.

As Maneko says, they may very well get through Customs with no problem.But be prepared to have them seized.

My suggestion is to at least wash those boots well.Get every scrap of dirt off them.

No country allows dirt across it%26#39;s borders.The chance of harbouring diseases and insects are high.And will make them prohibited goods.

I suspect the warning on the Carryforkids site may well be more to do with them being seen not to encourage people to bring dirty used footwear into the country.

Where does it appear? Post the link, that is all I am asking (I read it and did not see it!)...