Social media worked wonders for a boy who had no basketball shoes and a kind heart who wanted to help.
A photo of a boy playing basketball in what looked like his black school shoes went viral on Facebook, tugging at the heart of a netizen who went out of his way to look for the boy and donate the proper foot gear for the sport.
Netizen Lyndon Miclat, told聽聽that he saw the boy鈥檚 photo shared by a basketball-themed FB page, posted and taken on July 7, with a caption in Filipino: 鈥淚t鈥檚 not your shoes, it鈥檚 your game.鈥�
The search for the boy wasn鈥檛 easy because the photo showed his back against the camera.
After seeing this, Miclat decided to ask for netizens鈥� help so he can give a new pair of basketball shoes to the boy.
Miclat successfully found the boy, named Melvin Gascon, through FB and was able to contact him. When Miclat asked why Gascon was wearing what looked like school shoes during a basketball game, the boy just said that he doesn鈥檛 have one and his parents can鈥檛 afford to buy it for him.
Without thinking twice, Miclat bought new basketball shoes and sent them to Gascon鈥檚 address.
On July 10, though they weren鈥檛 able to meet personally, the boy sent him his photo wearing the shoes and his basketball uniform. 鈥淭hank you big brother, I鈥檓 overjoyed,鈥� said the boy in Filipino.
Miclat said when he saw the photo of the boy wearing the shoes he gave, he was overwhelmed.
鈥淚 was so happy when he received the shoes especially when I saw him wearing it,鈥� he said also in Filipino.
Their story went viral online garnering more than 30,000 reactions, and 25,000 shares on FB. /tsb