YEAR 7 students from Engadine High School are kicking goals with a project to make a difference in remote indigenous communities.
They have joined Fairfax Media's Kids for Boots campaign, where students collect football boots and donate them to children in socially and economically disadvantaged regions in NSW.
Students will drop off the boots at boxes at Coles, which gives them to Sunnyfield. The boots then get cleaned and distributed.
Principal Joanne Jarvis said the project taught students the value of helping others.
"One of the many privileges being a principal is working with young people, especially when they are on a mission to change the lives of others," she said.
"I was keen for the students to take on this project because know how much these boots will be appreciated by local kids.
"This was certainly the case when I met with the SRC, who proposed the idea.
"Each of them is responsible for leading one social justice issue so that they can develop empathy as a global citizen."
Student Rayden Tregubov said: "If we give them boots, we give them more opportunities."
Mia Werrett said: "indigenous students are more disadvantaged than us and we want them to experience the things that we take for granted."
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