WALK FOR WISDOM

Walk for Wisdom℠ is a global education and service challenge for elementary, middle, and high school students. Through this experience, young leaders learn about important global issues, explore the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, and take positive action through service-learning and fundraising to support education initiatives for South Sudanese primary schools.

Founded in 2014 by students at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Walk for Wisdom has grown into a nationwide initiative benefiting vulnerable children in some of the world’s most remote communities. It offers schools a meaningful way to bring global learning into the classroom while empowering students to become compassionate leaders and engaged global citizens.

The Walk for Wisdom looks a little different at every participating school, but always includes these three elements:

  • AWARENESS

    Students learn about South Sudan and consider important global issues like education and access to clean water.

  • ACTION

    Service-learning events (like walkathons, readathons, festivals, etc.) bring diverse groups of students together to make a difference in an easy, fun way through a social action project with a global focus.

  • PHILANTHROPY

    Schools donate proceeds from service-learning events or other fundraisers to nonprofit Mothering Across Continents in support of three primary schools in South Sudan. Participating schools are encouraged to set a minimum fundraising goal of $2,500 for their Walk for Wisdom.