Nigerian Woman Puts Smiles on Poor Pupils' Faces as She Buys them Shoes, Says they Trek Miles Barefooted
- A Nigerian woman recently made some poor pupils smile after buying them school shoes
- The woman identified as Abimbola Akintola Oke and with the Twitter handle @bimbo_cash said the kids trek miles barefooted
- She shared photos of the kids on her page and social media users have commended her kind gesture
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A Nigerian woman, Abimbola Akintola Oke with the Twitter handle @bimbo_cash, has put smiles on the faces of poor pupils who can't afford to buy school shoes.
Taking to her Twitter page to share photos of the pupils, the young woman said the kids trek to school barefooted.
Source: Twitter
In her words:
"What I did during my break time yesterday. There are so many of them who attend classes without shoes . They trek miles barefooted. Light up a life."
Speaking with Legit.ng, Abimbola, who is a co-founder of DemiCareNGO, said the non-governmental organisation goes round public schools to give out free uniforms to indigent students.
According to her, she has been doing this for five years without showcasing it on social media.
Speaking about the work her NGO does, she said:
“We normally give out 50 Uniforms and 50 sandals to selected pupils with bad uniforms and those without shoes. I later increased the number to 70 due to large number of children without shoes in all the schools.”
The woman said when trolls attack her online for putting smiles on people’s faces and showcasing it, she respond to some and ignore most of them.
In her words:
“I have been doing this without showcasing it to the world for many years but I have decided to push my work out there even if it's a tiny fraction of what I do.”
According to Abimbola, giving makes her fulfilled and she derives an inexplicable happiness going the extra mile to make the pupils happy.
Reacting to the woman's post, tweep with the handle @kosisoemmanue13 wrote:
"God bless you for the wonderful gesture. You and your family will always find help in time of trouble."
@EgudaEugene commented:
"Wowwwwww! So commendable..... God bless u real good."
@JoeJune8 said:
"Expression on their faces can tell how happy they are. God bless you for bring (sic) joy to them."
@azuritemart commented:
"This is really good to read. God bless you really good ma'am. May you never experience lack nor want in your life."
@AbiodunCr700 said:
"God will bless you beyond words mam. You will never go down and sorrow will never locate you. We are extremely proud of you mam (sic)."
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In similar news, Nigerian woman, Yetunde Adeseluka-Oladejo, has shone a light on the ordeal of some poor school children of Ore Akinde village in Ogun state.
Yetunde said that the children always had to endure the arduous task of trekking for six hours every day to their secondary school.
Days after posting about the kids’ hard life on her LinkedIn, another kind woman, Bilqis Williams reached out to know how they could help the children.
Source: Legit.ng
