Ulwendo Lwa Nkalamo
The Walk of Lions
A human journey project
Two years ago, my friends Elizabeth Rini and Keisha Garber and I became well acquainted with a man named Stanley Mulenga. He runs an organization in Kitwe, Zambia established to provide care and treatment for hundreds of TB and AIDS patients living in underprivileged locations around the city. That non-profit group, Christian Aid Ministries, is saving lives as you read this!
Keisha is now a full-time missionary studying in Zambia. Liz is in medical fellowship to study infectious diseases. We continue to discover our passion for outreach and define the levels of involvement available in places like Kitwe. At some stage of that "discovering", I decided to walk across part of the Gobi desert in China to raise awareness for this beautiful organization.
The Gobi March is one of the Four Deserts series of Racing the Planet events. Racing the Planet is a unique category of rough-country footraces staged in remote, culturally rich or historically significant locations around the world. Racing self-supported in some of the most inhospitable climates and forbidding landscapes, competitors must carry all their own equipment and food, are provided only with drinking water and, when necessary, a place in a tent at night to rest.
I'll joined some of the world's finest athletes (that phrase does not apply to me) and trekked across a swath of Chinese climate and culture which spans multiple environments and villages and dips into the lowest dry basin on the planet. We raised significant funds and bought Stan an office for the ministry and opened doors to their future. Thanks everyone for the support and happy trails!
I'll joined some of the world's finest athletes (that phrase does not apply to me) and trekked across a swath of Chinese climate and culture which spans multiple environments and villages and dips into the lowest dry basin on the planet. We raised significant funds and bought Stan an office for the ministry and opened doors to their future. Thanks everyone for the support and happy trails!
