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'Flowers she wore on her feet'.
This is the story of an extraordinary girl and young woman with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and who is gone too soon. Neema was a priceless gift to us. Neema was an extraordinary young woman, with joy and wisdom, and remarkably profound and greater understanding about herself and others. She taught us everything worth knowing about life and love, everything about what it means to be a best friend. Neema, outlook for future is something about this book. Neema would have wanted the world to hear the voice of children and young people, girls and young people in particularly young women around the world, their walking sound when they walk wearing their beautiful flowers on their feet. Meaning that those girls and young women around the world have worked hard the same way Neema did, searching for their favorite flowers and they were able to see them and finally finding their ways to broadcast them, and therefore, finding their unique values. This is what Neema would have wanted the world to hear from children and young people saying that we go out and we're asking for help and support, they will wear flower on their feet because they worked hard to get see them and therefore they can now see themselves, and therefore , the walk by itself is a voice and a cry for help and they are saying help us because we would like to contribute to the world and we're read and we know what we love and what we want to do and what we're loving doing and we just want opportunities to let us equip with knowledge and skills then we will all be ready and set to contribute to the world we live in our own unique way happily.
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Neema was very happy the day we brought little Michael home from hospital. She demonstrated her sense of humour at a very young age and we are happy to share this experience with the whole world. As parents we’re thrilled and as we write this book, we would like to tell the world that we are proud of her, we have been proud of her since, and we will continue to be proud of her forever. This is what our young girl Neema did on that day: she went to sit next to her mother, and asked questions about the baby boy her mom had brought home with her. She admired the baby boy, Michael, and she was not shy in showing love and affection right away for the human being lying down in front of her.
It’s so beautiful to remember that the young Neema was happy to have her new sibling as part of her life, and she decided to start her new life on that day by inviting the newborn Michael into her life in her own unique way. She took her parents by surprise. Neema went to her bedroom and brought some clothes with her, and then she said, “These clothes don’t fit me anymore,” and looked at her father first and then looked at her mom and said, “I would like my brother to have them.” She also asked a question of her mother, “Mom, can you dress him please?” We both had a good laugh, and Neema insisted that we make Michael try those clothes. We thanked our little girl Neema for being kind to her little brother, new baby-boy Michael.
As we looked at our little girl Neema enjoying her new life experience, we remembered what Neema had told us about one year before Michael was born. It was one of those beautiful days, when our little girl Neema would go out to play with our neighbours’ children. So, on that day, Neema came to us crying and when she was asked what was happening and what was wrong, Neema did not answer right away.
And then she just answered us by saying, “Them, Mom,” and she continue to cry and say, “I like to play with them, Mom, but—” and she did not finish what she wanted to say. Then when I asked her to stop crying, to calm down and tell what happened, and I pushed a little bit more about our neighbours’ two boys who Neema enjoyed playing with (we asked, “What about them?”) Neema wiped her tears and answered, “They laugh at me because I have no one at home to play with.” We comforted her and told her that yes, we agreed that at that particular time she had no one to play with at home because she was the only child. We carefully chose what to say and explained to her that one day things would change. We would get a second child and therefore one day she will get someone to play with at home, and we will get a baby girl so she will have a sister to play with at home, or we will get a baby boy so she will get a little brother to play with.
About the Authors:Bertha Mkwelele and Edward Mkwelele are co-founders of the Neema Edward Mkwelele Wellness Foundation, where they empower young girls in Tanzania through education. Visit http://www.neemaedwardmkwelelewellnessfoundation.org to learn more.
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