ZAMBIA (eTN) - Ua hōʻea ka Put Foot Rally i Livingstone, Zambia, no ke kolu o ka makahiki e holo ana i ka Pōʻakahi, Iune 24. Makemake nā poʻe e hele mai i Livingstone, a ua hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia ka hanana e Tony King a me ka hui Saf Par. He pāʻina maikaʻi ma hope ma ke kahakai, a aia pū kekahi manawa e hele ai i ka rafting wai keʻokeʻo a i ʻole bungee jumping mai ke alahaka ʻo Victoria Falls!
Ua hōʻea nā kaʻa i ka palena ʻo Katima Mulilo - ka mea hou. Ma ka Poalua, ua holo na kaa he 60+ a pau, me kahi o 240 poʻe, ma ke kaona me kahi mākaʻi, e hoʻokipa ana i nā kamaʻāina. Ua pau ka parade ma ke kula ʻo Zambezi Sawmills kahi e kali ai nā keiki i kahi kāmaʻa hou - ua hui pū ʻia nā keiki 239 me 239 mau kāmaʻa. Ua hoʻohui ʻia kekahi mau mea hoʻohui, e like me nā soka a me nā mea kākau, a me kahi mea inu ʻoluʻolu pū kekahi.
Hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku ua hopohopo nui nā keiki i ka manawa a ua hopohopo paha i ka mea a kēia poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana ai. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike i kahi mea like.
Ma hope o kekahi mau haʻiʻōlelo, leʻaleʻa, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua noho ka poʻe hui Put Foot iā lākou iho ma ka lālani o nā noho, a hele pakahi mai nā keiki e hoʻokomo i kā lākou mau kāmaʻa hou.
Ua hana ʻia nā kāmaʻa ma kahi hale hana ma ʻApelika Hema a hoʻouna ʻia ma mua o ka hui ʻana i Zambia. A he aha nā nui i pono ai mākou? ʻAe, ua ana mua ʻia nā keiki a pau a hoʻouna ʻia kā lākou kauoha i ka hui hoʻonohonoho.
Ua uku ʻia nā kāmaʻa e ka poʻe i komo e uku no ke komo ʻana i ka hui a me ka poʻe aloha.
Ma hope o ka leʻaleʻa i Livingstone, hele ka hui i ka ʻākau ma Lusaka a hiki i Malawi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma hope o kekahi mau haʻiʻōlelo, leʻaleʻa, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, ua noho ka poʻe hui Put Foot iā lākou iho ma ka lālani o nā noho, a hele pakahi mai nā keiki e hoʻokomo i kā lākou mau kāmaʻa hou.
- The shoes were all made especially in a factory in South Africa and sent ahead of the rally to Zambia.
- I could tell that the children were a bit over-awed by the occasion and must have had some misgivings about what all these strange people were about to do.
