# Human Appeal shoe video receives over 1 million views in one week

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/08/human-appeal-shoe-video-receives-over-1m-views-in-one-week/
- Published: 2016-03-08T09:10:58+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A Facebook video released by Manchester-based humanitarian aid charity, [Human Appeal](https://humanappeal.org.uk/),
that shows a Syrian refugee child in need of a pair of shoes was viewed over a million
times in its first week and reached 3.7 million people.**

The video, which is also available on YouTube is entitled “All I want is a pair 
of shoes…” and went live on Human Appeal’s official Facebook page on Saturday 19th
February.

The video contains real footage from the Mafraq refugee camp on Jordan’s border 
with Syria. In the footage, Human Appeal’s partnership manager, Omar Ali introduces
Amaar (pictured), a barefooted three-year-old refugee boy living in the camp and
explains how he has outgrown his boots and no other footwear has been found for 
him.

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The video then shows the charity providing Amaar with new shoes and the little boy
playing football while Ali’s commentary says: “Every single child and orphan in 
this camp, we have now provided them with brand-spanking-new shoes.”

 

Othman Moqbel, CEO of Human Appeal, said:

> “When content like this becomes so popular it provides the work we do, in places
> like the refugee camps of Jordan, with immeasurable support. Not just in the spike
> of donations, but the heightened awareness and empathy for the people on the ground.
> The challenges that the people in the refugee camps face are unimaginable, but
> videos like this help us come a little closer to being able to imagine their hardship.”

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