12th May, 2008
21 Apr 2008 
AMREF will be flagging off a 15 km peace race under the theme: “Running Side by side for Peace” The race will be flagged off at the Jamhuri show ground arena on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 8am by Paul Tergat, 5 times world marathon champion, John Ngugi – 5 times world cross country and an Olympic gold medallist, Patrick Sang, Olympic Steeplechase silver medallist, Austrian Ambassador to Kenya H.E Roland Hauser and the AMREF Deputy Director General, Dr Florence Musiime.
The theme for this race is: “Running Side by Side for Peace” in pursuance of peace and healing in for the nation following the post-election crisis. The race will be run by Kenyan athletes from mixed ethnic communities signifying one nation & one people. In the team will also be the Kenyan athletes who have been slotted to compete in the AMREF Salzburg International marathon on May 4, 2008.
The peace race is one of the activities we are undertaking as part of our emergency and development activities in the informal settlement of Kibera, Kawangware and Dagoretti. The race targets communities from Kibera and Dagoretti who are partners in AMREF’s work and who were most affected by the post election violence. However the race will be open and free for entry to all.
Registration centres are at the AMREF offices -Wilson Airport, and the AMREF Training Centre/HQ on Lang’ata Road next to Sunshine School as well as the Athletics Kenya offices in Riadha House. Other centres are at Kibera AMREF clinic and AMREF Dagoretti Child in Need Project office at Dagoretti - DO’s office.
