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Community pantry in shoe capital Marikina offers free footwear

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Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/27/shoes-th.jpg"/><figcaption>A community pantry in Bgy. Sto Nino, Marikina City offers free footwear. Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News.</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Instead of food, a community pantry offered free footwear to residents of Barangay Sto. Niño, Marikina City.</p><p>The spirit of bayanihan lives as &#x27;Otto and Ely Knows shoes&#x27; gave away different sizes of slippers, sandals, and shoes.</p><p>&quot;Kasi yung nangyayari ngayon medyo stressed ang mga tao, sabi namin, kung pwede kami makatulong sa ibang paraan para mamigay kami ng katuwaan dito sa community namin dito sa Marikina,&quot; said shoemaker Elise Ebullan.</p><p>(Because of what’s happening right now, people are a bit stressed, we said if we can help in other ways so that we can share the fun here in our community here in Marikina.)</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/04/27/shies.jpg"/><figcaption>A community pantry in Bgy. Sto Nino, Marikina City offers free footwear. <em>Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Marikina earned the title &quot;Shoe Capital of the Philippines&quot; in 1956 after establishing a notable shoemaking industry and becoming the biggest manufacturer of shoes nationwide at the time.</p><p>The industry&#x27;s birth is traced back to 1887, when a local community leader and a few companions reconstructed a pair of imported shoes, marking the spread of shoemaking skills by hand in what was then a mainly agricultural town.</p><p>But last year, at least 80 percent of shoemakers were forced to halt business operations due to the pandemic.</p><p>Community pantries have meanwhile sprouted across the country after Ana Patricia Non started the movement in Maginhawa in Quezon City.</p><p>Non started the initiative over a week ago to offer free food to people in need, as government aid had not been sufficient to feed many people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/21/community-pantry-initiator-fears-for-life-after-false-red-tag-claims">Community pantry initiator fears for life after false red-tag claims</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/21/maginhawa-community-pantry-redtagging-covid-19">Maginhawa community pantry halts operations; organizer cites red-tagging</a></li></ul><p>After getting support from other officials for her “Bayanihan” initiative, Non resumed her pantry, which has already been replicated in many parts of the country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/21/21/community-pantry-movement-shows-wages-govt-aid-not-enough-initiator">Community pantry movement shows wages, gov&#x27;t aid not enough: initiator</a></li></ul><div><strong> RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1669054" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Instead of food, a community pantry offered free footwear to residents of Barangay Sto. Niño, Marikina City.</p>

Instead of food, a community pantry offered free footwear to residents of Barangay Sto. Niño, Marikina City.

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Community pantry in shoe capital Marikina offers free footwear

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 27, 2021 04:14 PM PHT

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Updated April 27, 2021 04:15 PM PHT

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