Have you ever used ‘chalewate’ slippers to school before? In the early days, blessed were those who had the opportunity to get chalewate slipper to use.
Many students used to attend classes barefooted. One school uniform had to be used for the whole week. Some pupils use the same school uniform to farms and what have.
The owners repair their footwears since shoe menders were scarce then.
Don’t see this as a surprise, it was real and still happening in some rural communities in Ghana.