Shoe Shopping with the New Kids

My last week in Tabora as a volunteer, I was fortunate enough to meet the twelve new children that were to double the size of HAPO’s OVC after-school programme. As part of their initiation, each child was to receive a set of school clothes, school supplies and of course school shoes. It was quite the event for these kids who were used to living in tattered clothes day-in and day-out. And it was quite the event for me to see how much a pair of shoes can make a difference in the hopes and dreams of these very good but very poor children.

There’s Christine at the market helping wrangle some of the kids for trying on shoes.

And there’s quiet, shy and very bright Adelina poking her head out from the front of the car on the way to the market.