Story of belclare womans xmas shoebox link up leads to headlines worldwide

A TUAM woman, whose childhood kindness has made global headlines over the past week, is set to be reunited with an Armenian man she gifted a small box of presents to 16 years ago.
Claire Fahy, 23, from Claretuam, has received a thank you note from the man, who as a young boy received her presents in the former Soviet Republic back in 1999.
Claire, who was then a second class pupil at Belclare NS, had taken part in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal, which sends boxes of small presents to children in poverty around the world in the run up to Christmas.