Running to provide healthcare to children & their families In need!!
Thank you Curtis Johnson for being my biggest cheerleader 💗

All children should be able to get medical care!!  Grateful I’m able raise money & donate to others fundraising!!

This is for a great cause, and my shawty MB is the most fire, cracked, looksmaxxed running baddie on the road 😍. Can't wait to run with you xx Angus

What an amazing Charity to support, also supporting you in this race! love ya 

Follow my journey training & running the **Cape Town Marathon** in support of Shoe4Africa **building sub-Saharan Africa’s 1st Children’s Cancer Hospital.** 

Located in Eldoret, Kenya, the **Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital** is the region’s **first and only public children’s hospital**, serving over **430 patients per day**. 

**Support me and help Shoe4Africa build sub-Saharan Africa’s 1st Children’s Cancer Hospital.** 

**In a sentence… why this project?** 9/10 kids diagnosed with cancer are dying in East Africa.  Shoe2Africa's specialized kids' cancer hospital will be the best solution to start changing this.

42km for Africa's 1st public children's cancer hospital

Help me to raise money for Shoes4Africa

I am excited to run my 40th marathon in May of 2026.  I will run to raise money & awareness about “Shoe4Africa“  a charity whose donations fund the only public children’s hospital in Kenya. 

No child should die for being born into poverty.  You can help change that with your generous donation.  

Thank you in advance!

Shiela Johnson

Every Child Deserves Access to Healthcare!

Hi! 

On May 24th 2026, I’ll be running the Cape Town Marathon! 26.2 miles fueled not just by training, but by purpose.

This run is for the children of Kenya who are fighting the hardest battle of their lives: cancer.

I am raising funds for **Shoe4Africa**, an incredible organization that is building Kenya’s first ever children’s cancer hospital, a place where children can receive life saving treatment close to home, with dignity, hope, and care.

For many families in Kenya, cancer treatment is simply out of reach. Long travel, high costs, and limited facilities mean that too many children never get the chance they deserve. This hospital will change that. It will save lives.

Shoe4Africa has already transformed thousands of lives through **healthcare, education, empowerment, and the power of running**. What started with shoes has become a movement, one that proves that sport can change the world.

Every step I take in this marathon is for a child who can’t run.
Every mile is a reminder that together, we can give hope where it’s needed most. 💙 

How You can Help:

- **Donate:** no amount is too small. Every dollar brings this hospital closer to reality.
- **Share** this page to help spread the word.
- **Run with me in spirit**, knowing your support is helping save children’s lives.

Thank you for believing in this cause, for supporting me, and most importantly, for standing with children who deserve a future.

MB

Help build Africa’s 1st Kids Cancer Hospital! 

I remember caring for children with cancer when I was a resident at Oakland Children's hospital.  It was heartbreaking to partner with families navigating life-threatening illness, while trying to maintain some normalcy for their children.  With child life therapists, occupational and physical therapists, pediatric nurses and doctors all dedicated to healing children, we saw a lot of success.  From the pharmacists preparing the chemotherapy at child-sized doses, to the kitchen preparing the appealing children's meals, having a dedicated space for children with cancer made life possible for many of these children and families.  After my own stroke, I've seen how important it is to have the support of a knowledgeable team dedicated to wellness.

Imagine living in a nation without a single hospital dedicated to the care of children with cancer.  That is why I am running the Capetown marathon in May 2026--to build Kenya's first hospital for children with cancer.  

As you know, I've run for years to bring clean water to the people, including bringing clean water into the health centers.  Now I am running to bring a health center to the most vulnerable.  Won't you join me?

Running the Capetown marathon for Kenyan Children's Hospital

I’m so proud to announce that I’m taking part in the **Cape Town Marathon** on **May 24th, 2026**!       Save the date!!!

**The Goal:** Help us reach $3,000—it’s a race for life!

I‘m running to support **Shoe4Africa**, a charity dedicated to **helping children fight cancer**. Every dollar raised goes directly toward building Sub-Saharan Africa’s first public children’s cancer hospital.

Today, 9 out of 10 children diagnosed with cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa do not survive. This isn’t because their cancers are untreatable, but simply because the right care isn’t available.

That’s why this race means so much to me. It’s an opportunity to change those odds and do something real to help these children. 
Africa is calling, and I’m responding—from Italy, with my heart and my legs!

**How you can help**

- **Donate:** No amount is too small to make a difference for these kids.
- **Share:** Help me spread the message by sharing this page.

Join me on this journey. Let's run for their lives ❤️

Luisa

Run4Life for Africa

Sup fam, you good? Lemme buss it down for you. Your unc Angus has been **LOCKED IN** and training hard these last 2 months for the CT marathon on 24 May. I'm low-key aiming to slap all 42km in under 4 hours but ngl hope I don't get brutally time-mogged. Big yikes!

You rizzlers know how a charity always passes the vibe check? Well **Shoe4Africa** children's cancer hospital in Kenya is **The GOAT**. Boys and girlies out there be fighting literal **boss-level cancer battles** and Shoe4Africa is **lifemaxxing** them kids with healthcare and actual dignity. We stan.

How to help:

1. Farm max aura points with a donation to save kids' lives. No amount is "too small". We stacking more impact than my kneecaps.
2. Share this - let’s get this everywhere.
3. Don't be a Karen.

And if I do end up walking, it's only so them kids can run! 

Peace, love and donuts,
AH

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I am running the Cape Town Marathon in May to raise money to help build Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Children’s Cancer Hospital and support kids born into poverty in Eldoret, Kenya.

After having cancer myself 2 years ago this is a charity close to my heart as it combines, running and my love of Kenya.

Any amount, no matter how small will help.

Thank you all in advance, Lots of Love Lisa

Shoe4Africa's Children's Cancer Hospital in Kenya

Not for profit, founded as a 501C3 charity in 2006 in NYC. Providing Health, Education, and Empowerment opportunities.

Our cornerstone project was building East & Central Africa's 1st Public Children's Hospital.  Since opening in 2015, we have treated over 1.3 million kids. The impact does not end there, we have also constructed six public (free-to-attend) schools, a dairy project, a kids community house and more. We also run a vibrant Women's Empowerment Project focusing on agri-biz and domestic violence survivors.  Our latest major project is constructing the first children's cancer hospital in sub-Saharan Africa.

visit our Learn About Us page on shoe4africa.org

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Hi, I am proud to represent Shoe4Africa as my charity for the Capetown 2026 marathon (and my 8th Abbott star!). Shoe4Africa is a nimble, high-impact nonprofit that has delivered monumental change in Kenya and beyond by integrating **healthcare, education, empowerment, nutrition, and sports**. Their success lies in strategic partnerships, local engagement, **wonderful donors and supporters**, and a holistic mission that champions dignity and opportunity for East African children and families. This year's goal is to complete **The Shoe4Africa Children’s Health Village**, a revolutionary facility poised to treat more children in one center than any other on the continent, public or private *(and of course, we remain a public facility).* I am aiming to raise $3000 this year prior to May 24th, when the marathon takes place in Capetown, SA. Please consider sponsoring me on my journey, and help finish the Children's Health Village so that more kids can receive the proper medical attention they need.

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