So if you haven’t heard yet, Bob Skinstad is currently running a campaign to raise cash to buy school shoes for underprivileged kids in South Africa. He has been locked up in a cell in the Waterfront since Monday to generate awareness of his campaign.
I met with him late yesterday to deliver his Urban Khana dinner and to chat to him about his campaign. The biggest realisation of our conversation, is that this guy is genuine. He truly does believe in his campaign and is very passionate about his cause. I must admit, that before actually meeting with him, I was expecting him to be a jock and doing this campaign purely for the PR value, but I was pleasently surprised that he is a real nice guy with a warm genuine smile trying to raise awareness for a cause that is dear to him. In my time in the cell with him yesterday, he chatted to everyone that made a donation, posed with the kids for photographs and was generally very welcoming to explain his cause, say hi to his fans and just have general chat to passing traffic. Kudos to him for efforts so far and for leveraging his very well established brand to assist in a good cause.
After I posted a tweet yesterday saying that I met with him, to which I received a questioning tweet from @deanoelsch that asked, “are shoes more important than education, food and water though?”
I think that it is a good question and should be answered by Bob Skinstad himself, so heres the deal:
Leave your questions in the comments section of this post and I will get Bob to answer them all. Use this as an opportunity to find out more about the campaign or about Bob. Try to keep it above the belt and nothing TOO personal. Remember that this is a dude with a heart and he is trying to help, unless you are doing something better to make a difference, I would be easy on the criticism.
So there you have it, a promise from me that Bob will answer your questions right here!
Here are a few photos that I took while I was visiting yesterday:
