18 Miles
Noria and N’thipile’s daily routine begins at 5am. Noria bathes and dresses her 9-year-old granddaughter for school and then walks about 800 meters to the nearest bus stop to get the bus into downtown Lusaka. The bus ride from home to downtown Lusaka is six miles. Once they get to town Noria puts her granddaughter on the bus to travel another three miles to the Lusaka Girls School, completing a journey of nine miles just to go to school. Noria waits in town for her granddaughter to complete school at 11am. The determined pair start their journey again — in reverse – to go home for the day. 18 miles a day to go to school is definitely nothing to sneeze at! Read the rest of this entry »
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