African Children's Fund's work with grassroots partners in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in education and children’s rights is making a real difference to the lives of over 5,000 children born into poverty every year. Helping children off the streets and into school gives them a chance to improve their lives and build a better future.
To coincide with the charity's 20th Anniversary, we would LOVE you to represent us on the streets of London on Sunday 26th April 2026.
The funds you raise during TCS London Marathon fundraising will reduce school absence and improve long-term outcomes for children, leading to better opportunities for a future free from poverty. Donations from your supporters make a big collective difference.
- £12 provides a girl in Tanzania with reusable sanitary towels and access to social education forums so she won't miss one week in four of her schooling;
- £20 covers the cost of a care pack for an orphaned family in Zimbabwe so they children concentrate on learning rather than working;
- £90 pays for a mug of porridge for 1,000 children in Kenya, reducing the need for working, scavenging or begging for food;
- £250 supports a social worker in Uganda, to resettle a child rescued from the streets with a family.
AND for every £9 you raise over your minimum fundraising target, you will provide 100 extra mugs of porridge to children born into poverty.
PLUS you can tick the London Marathon off your bucket list.
What’s not to like?!
