These little girls are on their way to school. They live in Msasani area of Dar es Salaam. When it rains, the pathways here are literally cut off by murky puddles of highly polluted rain water. The girls had to remove their shoes to 'wade' to school... but they got there anyway. Hopefully, in spite of all the odds, they will go through their education and emerge as 'women to reckon with'. The incumbent President of Tanzania's childhood was not very different from these girls', but today he stands out as one of the Heroes of Africa. Go girls go...!
Thanks for this post. It shows the great challenges many children face in order to learn, both in rural and urban settings. What is so great is that these children make an effort to learn, to overcome the obstacles. I believe this determination (and the inner strength they develop) is what will make them "women/men to reckon with". I join with you in encouraging each one of them ... go, girls, go boys, go!
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