The ING Night Marathon Luxembourg will take place on May 31th this year, and we are pleased to announce that SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde is its main humanitarian partner.
This 18th edition of the 42 km race is shaping up to be the biggest sporting event of the year in the Luxembourg capital. Let’s turn this fantastic event into a solidarity challenge by joining forces for vulnerable children!
Running to support the most vulnerable children and families in Ethiopia
Again this year, all the funds raised during the event will support our emergency response programme in Ethiopia. In the arid Borena zone, located in the Oromiya region, conditions are extreme and pastoral communities are particularly hard hit. Tens of thousands of households have lost their livestock and therefore their source of income, and tens of thousands more are internally displaced and living in camps. Heavy flooding in the spring of 2023 damaged many water points and triggered a cholera epidemic.
Strated in july 2023 with SOS Children’s Villages in Ethiopia, our project aims at saving the lives of those vulnerable populations who are undernourished as the result of the confounding effect of the conflict, the drought, and the economic hardship post Covid-19.
More information about the project: https://sosve.lu/en/project/emergency-response-in-the-oromiya-region/
How to help?
Register and donate
Like last year, runners can donate 3 euros to our association when registering. Every donation counts!
Raise funds for children
Create your own online fundraising to support vulnerable children in Ethiopia!
Volunteering
Join our team of volunteers and help us watch the route and support runners on the night of the race!
Let’s take up this challenge for children in Ethiopia!
#LeaveNoOneBehind #AllChampions
A long-lasting partnership
Although the 2020 and 2021 editions of the race have been canceled due to the pandemic, we would like to highlight the strong commitment of the organisers of the ING Night Marathon, which has led to a valuable collaboration for vulnerable children around the world.
In 2022, a public mobilisation raised funds to provide Venezuelan migrant children in Colombia with decent living conditions and try to reunite them with their families.
In 2023 and 2024, thanks to the support of runners and organisers, we were able to raise over €13,000 and then over €14,000 to help children and families at risk of starvation in the far south of Madagascar and southern Ethiopia.
We would like to thank the runners and Erich François, director of Step-by-Step SA, for his renewed trust in our NGO and his commitment to our cause.
If you have questions, contact:
Find out more about our work in Ethiopia
Emergency response in the Oromiya region
Photo : © VDL_Photothèque_Charles Soubry