Tanzanian man earns living by making sandals from used tires

STORY: Tanzanian man earns living by making sandals from used tires SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 20, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:05:55 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of making traditional sandals from used car tires 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): PATRICK YORAM SUDAE, Sandal maker in Dar es Salaam STORYLINE: It was almost 35 degrees Celsius outside, and Patrick Yoram Sudae and about a dozen other men were busy making traditional sandals from used car tires in the shade at Tabata-Relini along the Mandela Expressway in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam. The 36-year-old father of three children turned to this venture 22 years ago after he could not find a job for some time. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): PATRICK YORAM SUDAE, Sandal maker in Dar es Salaam "I started to make these shoes 22 years ago. We get most of these old tires from the garage and yards. In the garage, when they remove old tires, they have nowhere to take them, so they remain there as trash. We collect the ti

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

(240218) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Patrick Yoram Sudae makes sandals locally known as "Katambuga" made from recycled tires at a street workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

(240218) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Patrick Yoram Sudae makes sandals locally known as "Katambuga" made from recycled tires at a street workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-OLD TIRE-SHOES

(240218) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Patrick Yoram Sudae shows sandals locally known as "Katambuga" made from recycled tires at a street workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)