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A broken arm in the suburbs of Nairobi. Young girl playing football when the accident occurs. Helpful man takes the girl to a public hospital. In the waiting line to get in to the doctor's, bone pipe pointing out. Brave girl waits patiently.  Next morning the helpful man calls to check everything is alright. The girl had not yet been treated.  Children are not highest priority at hospitals in Kenya. Loose a parent and you might end up with a bunch of orphans. Loose a child, the parent is still ok to take care of the other children. Life is hard for the poor in Kenya. That helpful man was a global citizen named Toby now living in Iten and New York. Years later Toby built the first public hospital for children in East Africa. In August 2015 the hospital opened and ever since nearly 40 000 children have been treated at Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital. On Christmas Eve Toby gathered athletes like Shoe4Africa ambassador and Olympic marathon champion from Rio Eliud ...

Christmas Eve, the day of giving gifts to friends and family and the day of the annual 5k race in Iten for girls and women. The race is arranged by an English gentleman named Toby Tanser in the name of his charity organization Shoe4Africa . The day before race day we handed out wristbands that the lucky could change for a bright yellow shirt with a number attached. Five hundred or so were the lucky girls and women to take part in the race. Every finisher of the race were later allowed to take part in a lottery where most participants won a pair of shoes. The shoes given out was donated from people all over the world. Starter of the race this year was Abel Kirui, two time world champion and Olympic silver medalist in marathon. The pack took off and the winner was crossing the finish line 16-17 minutes later after ending the hilly loop. Everyone crossing the finish line was given a bottle of water and entrance to HATC pool area where hundreds of pairs of shoes was waiting on the poo...