Recent numbers indicate that nine out of ten children diagnosed with cancers are dying in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa. That statistic is one out of ten in the western worldthe exact oppositeand action must be taken. On December 24th, 2021, a small group of runners led by British superstar Paula Radcliffe will be joined by Kenyan Olympic stars like the reigning Olympic Champion Emmanuel Korir, to run an 80-kilometre relay from the equator to the site where a groundbreaking ceremony will take place to build a 152 bed public children's cancer hospital. This will be the first ever children's cancer hospital in sub-Saharan Africa, private or public.

Paula Radcliffe will journey with her family to lead the runners from the equator, and her daughter Isla, who contracted cancer in 2019, will throw the first shovel into the ground alongside a Kenyan cancer patient age mate when the runners reach the site in Eldoret.

The Shoe4Africa foundation that is leading this initiative, opened East & Central Africas 1st public childrens hospital in 2015, in Eldoret, and will be again partnering with Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and the Kenyan government to provide a public institution that will immediately start saving hundreds of children's lives in Kenya.

$10 supports a week of antibiotics for a child

$20 Feeds a child, and mother, for a week with three nutritious meals per day

$35 supports a child's medicine, bed, food, and full medical care for a day

$50 Buys full dressing treatments for a child suffering from burns

$100 supports a renal dialysis treatment for a child

$150 Buys a truckload of bricks for the new cancer hospital

$250 supports six cycles of chemotherapy treatment for a child

$500 buys the complete drug treatment for a child with cancer (4 doses spread over one year)

$500 to become an Angel supporter of sub-Saharan Africa's 1st children's cancer hospital

Paula is challenging you to run your own 50 mile relay at home in the UK to help raise funds for the Shoe4Africa campaign. Run as a family, group of friends or even your school class and complete your 50 miles in the run up to Christmas when Paula and Isla will be running their relay in Kenya.