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ethnicsupplies — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:30:17 +0000

We still have a long way to go in terms of our understanding of what works as well as accepting that we don’t always know what is best for those in the communities in which we work
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Comment on Is a mobile phone better than shoes on an African child’s feet? by Ann McCarthy

Ann McCarthy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:34:43 +0000

Another couple of true shoe stories that have happened at Ida’s project in Ruhanga -

Some time ago when we only had about 30 children a volunteer bought all the children shoes who were at school with out any. Next day – kids still barefooted – following day – same – so she went to the homes to investigate -”Oh we are keerping them to wear at Church”…..

More recently – one of our barefooted children had cut his foot badly and it was going septic. A volunteer cleaned and bandaged it and took him to buy a pair of shoes. I only just heard what followed – the next day several children were seen cutting their feet with the razor blades – (which they expertly use to sharpen their pencils) – in the vain hope that they too would be bought shoes. That is a true story…

I try very hard to be totally fair and equal to all the children – so for Xmas with donations we managed to buy our 250 children each a sweatshirt (gets cold in the mountains) and a new pair of plastic shoes. I wonder how many will be wearing them next term? Also I do think of the other children in their families and how envious they probably were.

They were all so excited and it seems that so far the phone culture has not actually reached the Ugandan 6 year olds as it has here in the UK!