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Our founder Joe Clendenny and his wife Pat felt a calling to serve God by serving people in need. A mission trip in 2002 would change their lives forever. During this trip, Joe was intensely moved by the suffering he saw among those affected by leprosy in Chennai in the Tamil Nadu region of India. These people and their families had been shunned by society, completely ostracized with nowhere to turn. Joe was overcome with the feeling that these were the people God was calling him and his wife to help. In 2003 Joe founded Embrace a Village (EAV) which became a 501(c)(3) organization in 2004 and has been able to commit 100% of donations to programs for those affected by leprosy. Embrace a Village has grown to serve 35 villages, home to nearly 4,000 people, in Tamil Nadu. A portion of each sale Soles Unlimited makes is given back to Embrace a Village.