Customer Success Story

Getting off on the right foot

Too big for your boots? In 2006, DHL – in partnership with several organisations, including the U.S. military – collected new shoes, flip-flops, sneakers and sandals for distribution to pre-teen schoolchildren in Iraq.

During a girl scout cookie handout programme, U.S. military personnel hat noticed that many Iraqi children did not seem to have adequate footwear. Always ready to go the distance, DHL gladly supported the initiative and donated shipping services for more than 2,000 pairs of shoes destined for elementary-age school kids in Iraq.