He had the uniform. It was the bag and the sandals that stopped him.
The family had managed the uniform. What they could not manage was everything else the school required, and the school would not admit him without it.
Our Back to School distribution covered the sandals, the bag and the writing materials. He started the term with his class.
These are small amounts of money standing between a child and an education, which is why we treat them as worth our time.