World Walk: Samaritan's Feet Calls America to "Go Barefoot" in October on Walk to Provide Shoes for World's Neediest
Founder Emmanuel "Manny" Ohonme will do a 300-mile "Barefoot Walk" to raise awareness October 11-25th.
(Nashville, TN)—It's an amazingly ambitious, tremendously compelling humanitarian event that's calling America to "walk barefoot" this October to benefit a world in which the gift of a simple pair of shoes can be life-changing to a child.
That's the short definition of "World Walk," –the fulfillment of Nigerian-born Samaritan's Feet founder Emmanuel "Manny" Ohonme's passion to provide shoes for the world's neediest children—a mission that to date is on course to bring 10 million "soles" to the feet of the impoverished people of the world.
Founding Samaritan's Feet in a world community where today more than 300 million children are without shoes, perhaps more than almost anyone else Manny Ohonme profoundly knows firsthand the "hope" a simple pair of shoes can bring.
The seeds of the vision of Samaritan Feet to shod the world's poor were planted some twenty-eight years ago on a hot summer afternoon in Lagos, Nigeria when a missionary gave a poor barefoot African child the simple gift of a pair of tennis shoes. That 9-year-old boy was Manny Ohonme and that one pair of treasured shoes carried him on the beginning of a journey that ultimately allowed him to play basketball, receive a scholarship from a U.S. University, and go on to receive both a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from the University of North Dakota. In 2003, Manny left a lucrative career in the technology industry to devote his life to founding the ministry work of Samaritan's Feet.
To date, through the efforts of the organization more than three quarters of a million pairs of shoes have been delivered to children in need, both globally and within the U.S….
THE WALK:
On October 11th, Manny Ohonme will put his feet where his heart is, and once again go barefoot. This time, to begin a 300-mile "barefoot walk" to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet and their global mission. To him, it is a personal journey to fulfill a God-given dream of "giving back."
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