Four o’clock in the morning,

the sun is still asleep when Mary is struggling to get up. The girl lives in an orphanage in Palabana, Zambia. Her father died early, and her mother could not take care of her due to HIV disease. Mary puts on her green school uniform to head out to Mikango High School. Ahead of her is a distance of eight kilometers – to be walked. It takes her slightly more than 90 minutes to get there. There and back again, day after day, at the expense of her school performance – until everything changes one day last year. It is a bicycle that gives a new push to Mary’s life. This bike named Buffalo is not...

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