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Kent: Christmas gift shoeboxes sent to children around the world

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Summary
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75% Informative

Kent sorting office sends 56,000 shoeboxes to children in Central Asia , Eastern Europe and Serbia .

Operation Christmas Child began in 1993 when Samaritan 's Purse sent 28,000 boxes to the Balkans .

More than 220 million children in more than 170 countries and territories have received a box.

Donations in Kent were 5% up from 2023 and some boxes were 'absolutely beautiful'.

VR Score

64

Informative language

56

Neutral language

66

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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