he said at the christian relief charity samaritans purse the concerns center around shipping delays david thompson the senior director for the international portion of the groups operation christmas child project says the organization is aiming to send 97 million shoeboxes filled with christian materials and gifts to children in more than 100 countries but a shortage of truckers delivery equipment and other factors have slowed things down we have to be flexible thompson said but our incountry teams volunteers and logistical networks are strong and were confident that the program will be carried out at the same level of excellence in scope that it has been in the past ap published on dec 1 2021 at 1137 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app toys supply chain manufacturers gifts pandemic homenewssupply chain problems hit charities holiday gifts for kids