Sierra Leone Marathon

Event summary

In 2009 Lonely Planet named Sierra Leone in its top ten countries to visit. And it's easy to see why. With a string of beautiful beaches, a wonderful culture and one of the warmest welcomes you'll receive anywhere in the world, it is an ever-engaging place to visit.

Winner of the best international event at the Running Awards!

• A fantastic Marathon in the Sierra Leone
• Hard-packed mud roads and tarmac
• Beautiful scenery of northern Sierra Leone
• Once in a lifetime opportunity
• One of the world's most challenging running events

What others say

"Running in such a beautiful country with all the villagers turning out and supporting you with such enthusiasm - 26 miles has never seemed so short!"

Run for a reason

Street Child are offering you guaranteed entry into this event in return for raising funds. This means that you become part of our charity team in the run-up to the event, on the big day itself and beyond!

Where does my fundraising go?

£10 can provide a school uniform
£30 can send a child to primary school for a year. 
£100 can provide textbooks for a whole classroom of children in a rural school.
£250 can provide a mother with a business grant and training so they can afford to send their children to school
£500 can fund training for 10 teachers and raise teaching standards
£1000 can provide all the necessary classroom furniture and resources for a village school
£2000+ Funds the construction of a first-ever temporary class-room or mini-’school’ in a rural village. It also gives us time to start work on a permanent structure which can take up to 3 years to build.
£5000+ Funds the construction of a village school with 2 classrooms for 100+ children: the first proper school that village has ever had.

Also taking place

Half marathon, 10km and 5km events.