Sam came into Gifty's shop after lunch with a large pan on his head containing limes in plastic bags
the price for 4 limes = 1 Ghana Cedi (2.7 GC = 1 Canadian dollar).
Today the schools are empty as I learned that Xmas break has started till the New Year.
So Sam, age 13, in grade 3, is out of school so for his mom he walks up and down the streets, selling limes. Gifty in conversation with Sam, learned that his mom is disabled so Gifty will follow up to see whether mom would like to learn how to sew to have a marketable skill. It is thought that mom held Sam out of school probably because she did not have the 200 GC for a year, and so he started late. There is no safety net here, no government disability pension, no universal health care, so one must make do, using children to earn money, selling what is wanted, making I have no idea how little, with each bag of 4 limes.
Note in the picture, the roll of fabric on his head and he balances the large pan on top of it,
to carry his wares down the street.
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