He stood on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean bleeding profusely as he writhed in pain after two robbers attacked him and made away with his running shoes.
Despite the grievous harm he sustained from the attack, Toby Tanser, an American writer and athlete, returned to his motherland and made a life-changing decision.
And barely 10 years later, Tanser has a soft spot for the African child as he runs the Shoe4Africa charity race in the North Rift which gives cash rewards and issues shoes to all the participants.
This year’s race will be run in Iten this Friday. Tanser, who is also the founder and chief executive officer of the Shoe4Africa organisation, has raised funds towards the construction of a children’s general public hospital in Eldoret town, which will be the largest children’s hospital in the Sub-Sahara Africa.
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