Article: Fast Company: What if a shoe could change the world?
Fast Company: What if a shoe could change the world?
Manny Ohonme discusses how World Shoe is providing health benefits, hope, and economic mobility.
What if a shoe could change the world?
That's the question Manny Ohonme asked when returning home to his native country of Nigeria after spending years in the U.S. earning degrees in business and economics. The stark contrast between the world he had just left behind—a vibrant college campus filled with abundant resources and recreational amenities—and his impoverished local village, was startling. Not only were people lacking luxuries like fine foods and fancy cars, but they didn’t have the basic necessities, like shoes on their feet.