Tribal children living in hostels in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district have asked for something basic, a pair of shoes so they can play outdoors during the monsoon. Their request has now led the district administration to start the “Sole of Soul” campaign, which aims to provide footwear to children staying in all 144 hostels across the tribal-dominated district.
The initiative began after Dindori collector Anju Pawan Bhadoria visited a school in Amarpur on August 7. She noticed that the children were not playing on the hostel grounds despite wanting to take part in games and football. The children told her they did not have shoes and asked if someone could buy them. “For children, childhood is incomplete without play,” Bhadoria said.
