Growing up in the town of Busia, located in western Kenya close to the Ugandan border, Atyang walked to and from school barefoot, in the sweltering sun, often without food and only a little water.

Later, Peterson received an email stating that the school sent her daughter home with no socks or shoes. "And she was screaming and crying when she got home that her feet hurt," she said.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (KIRO) – A mother in Washington state said her daughter with special needs was placed on a school bus without socks or shoes on her feet.

As a little boy, Michael Uerikua walked barefoot, often seen as the "black sheep" due to not having a school uniform. These early challenges shaped his journey, and despite currently living in the ...

She is fearful about what could happen next to her daughter at school, and she is still upset about the barefoot bus ride. “It was the coldest, wettest day we’ve had so far,” Peterson said. A ...

Growing up in the town of Busia, located in western Kenya close to the Ugandan border, Atyang walked to and from school barefoot, in the sweltering sun, often without food and only a little water.

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (KIRO) – A mother in Washington state said her daughter with special needs was placed on a school bus without socks or shoes on her feet. The incident allegedly happened last week ...