World’s Elite Runners to Help Children in Africa
Team World Vision To Compete in South Africa’s Comrades Marathon Their Goal – Find Sponsors for 1,500 Children
Grueling 56-Mile Foot Race May 30th Then They’ll Meet Children Whose Lives They Changed
The Comrades Marathon in South Africa is known as one of the most grueling endurance foot races on earth. On Sunday, May 30 (the 85th anniversary of the race) 20,000 athletes from all over the world will start the 56-mile foot race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. For 18 of them, this race marks the start of something more than just glory. 17 men and one woman will run as part of Team World Vision, a program of humanitarian relief organization World Vision and meet the children in Africa whose lives they have helped change forever.
The Ultimate Cause: While training for The Comrades Marathon, Team World Vision runners have a goal of finding 1,500 sponsors for children living in extreme poverty. Two days after the race, they will travel to South Africa and Kenya to meet the children for whom they found sponsors. They’ll also talk with community leaders and elite Kenyan runners in hopes they will become ambassadors for work World Vision is doing in their communities. Read more