LA Times Today: How Afrikicks is changing lives, one shoe at a time
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Oumarou Idrissa grew up in Niger in West Africa. He received his first pair of sneakers when he was 17 — a pair of hand-me-downs he took from his older brother.
After immigrating to the U.S. to pursue a college soccer career, he was struck by the number of lightly worn shoes that were discarded without a second thought.
Years later, on a visit to his family’s village in Niger, inspiration struck and the charity AfriKicks was born.
After immigrating to the U.S. to pursue a college soccer career, he was struck by the number of lightly worn shoes that were discarded without a second thought.
Years later, on a visit to his family’s village in Niger, inspiration struck and the charity AfriKicks was born.