85 000 steps of hope

On Sunday, 27 April 2025, Beatrix Thornhill will take on the London Marathon in support of the Abraham Kriel Children’s Home Nylstroom.

Beatrix, a chef from Johannesburg, discovered her love of running over the past two years. What started as a form of therapy and escape has, during her preparation for the London Marathon, become something much more: she now runs to bring hope to every child at the Abraham Kriel Children’s Home Nylstroom.

Each of the approximately 85 000 steps Beatrix will take during the London Marathon represents to her the difficult journey the 170 Abraham Kriel children must walk towards a better future.

Although her race is only 42,2 km long, the road to healing for the children is much longer.

You can stand with Beatrix as a bearer of hope by sponsoring a step for R15.

The money raised through every sponsored step will be used not only to meet the children’s physical needs – but more importantly, to give them access to the therapy they need to work through the trauma they’ve already experienced in their young lives.

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