Portfolio: Projects: Kenya: Kenya_06_Shoeshine_02

Papa (right) works with his business partner, Kamau, dyeing second-hand shoes black. They travel upcountry to resell the Western castoffs in farming towns to tea pickers with expendable income.They share a laugh after Papa tells a joke, {quote}Why is it better to be a dog in U.S. than a man in Kenya? Because dogs in U.S. eat meat!{quote}

Papa (right) works with his business partner, Kamau, dyeing second-hand shoes black. They travel upcountry to resell the Western castoffs in farming towns to tea pickers with expendable income. 

They share a laugh after Papa tells a joke, "Why is it better to be a dog in U.S. than a man in Kenya? Because dogs in U.S. eat meat!"