Race Alert- Germany!
Thank you Michael Kugler and Urban Bettag! If you are in, near, or around Germany on June 26th, please stop by, or run, the 6th Annual SHOE4AFRICA SPENDENLAUF!! It is a 6.3k race in the most beautiful...
View ArticleSeven years old!
HAPPY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY to the Shoe4Africa Public Children’s Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, that has treated almost 900,000 kids since first opening its doors on August 12th, 2015! So many stories to...
View ArticleCelebrating All4running 21 Run partnership
Watch the video to learn how this meaningful partnership is making change across East & Central Africa today! Thank you to my friends in these specialty running stores for caring!
View ArticleCharles Schultz @ 100 yrs
What has that to do with charity and Shoe4Africa you may ask? Well the Foundation for Hospital Art, painting a brighter world, is celebrating the life of Mr. Schultz who was born in 1922- and lived...
View ArticleChampions of helping
Good luck to all the people running the @nycmarathon on Sunday. Especially team @shoe4africa heroes. The @bostonmarathon champion @evans.chebet.31 sending a personal note of support to the team! Some...
View ArticleBoston, London, Chicago, New York winners together to celebrate
Where can you get the winners of 4/6 major marathons together on one field? The answer is at Shoe4Africa to celebrate our 1,000,000th patient being treated at our public children’s hospital! From...
View ArticleGoing Italian
Thanks to marathoner Valter Ballantini, we are now locale Italiano! Check out www.shoe4Africa.it here.Valter raised funds for us in the TCS New York City Marathon 2022, and we are delighted he is...
View ArticleIsaac, the survivor
Yesterday at our hospital we had a visit from (L to R) Noah (the pole vaulter), Isaac, Simon, Liz, and Dad Simon. Isaac, when nine, was diagnosed with cancer. When they heard about our Greater Equator...
View ArticleAll4Running Science Labs
Embracing a Brighter Future: Introducing the All4Running Twin Science Lab in Nandi, Kenya! In the heart of Nandi, Kenya, a beacon of hope is rising as the All4Running Twin Science Lab prepares to open...
View ArticleDr. Tricia running the marathon
From the nyrr.org, “Tricia Quartey-Sagaille has always been passionate about healthcare. The daughter of a nurse and a podiatrist, she found her calling in dentistry. She has her own practice, Noble...
View ArticleConstruction in action
It is happening. 1/23/2024. The second site meeting to build the two hospitals; the Harry J Dyer Burns Unit & the Shoe4Africa Juli Anne Perry Children’s Cancer Hospital. From left, Architect...
View ArticleShoe4Africa profile by Run republic
Taken from the Run Republic website, The first Cancer Centre for kids in Sub-saharan Africa, a children’s hospital, six big free-to-attend primary schools for school-going children, many charitable...
View ArticleHealing Hoops
The Healing Power of Hoops: Our Basketball Court at the Shoe4Africa Public Children’s Hospital.Outside the bustling corridors of our hospital, where the scent of antiseptic mingles with the hum of...
View ArticleGood Luck Shoe4Africa runners!
Dear Incredible Charity team, and for our Shoe4Africa supporters, So nice to meet members at the pasta party tonight, and at the expo – I hope to see you all 27 of you tomorrow! As the sun rises over...
View ArticleThank you Charity Runners!
All twenty-seven starters finished! Champions, running for purpose. You are all heroes and all added many bricks to the walls of the public children’s cancer hospital that we are building in the ‘City...
View ArticleSally Kipyego
A big shout out to the honorary chair of the Manchester Road Race, Sally Kipyego, who has been an ambassador with us since 2011, or 10. Sally just directed a $600 grant from the kind folks at the...
View ArticleBudding champion
At the Mary Keitany Shoe4Africa Secondary School in Torokwonin, Baringo County, life for Form Two student Sharon Ngetich is a daily struggle. In this remote region, a cup of clean water is a precious...
View ArticleTransparency
A charity looks for Effectiveness, Impact, a solid track record, TRANSPARENCY, and accountability. There are several charity vetting systems, each taking time, forms, and numerous updates and frequent...
View ArticleAfrica’s Forest Gump
Heroes today can often get lost in the sea of media flooding our inboxes, phones, tablets, computers, and TVs… and all that delivered every day before 9 am. My friend Mike likes to say, “Cute curated...
View ArticleChristel House
A nice day yesterday in Eldoret at the Governor’s office where we had a meeting about improving the education for the county hosting David, Raina, and Evan from Christel House; an amazing program...
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