Join Our Pilgrimage

Following a debilitating injury to both knees, veteran runner Christo van der Berg has challenged himself to run South Africa’s equivalent of Spain’s Camino de Santiago. Run for Hope is one man’s pilgrimage to run eight marathons in eight days to feed hungry children in South Africa.

Everyone’s on a pilgrimage. Every day we go out into the world and battle our challenges. Some are big, some are smaller, but they’re all significant. Christo's challenge is a knee injury that last year meant he couldn’t even run 100m. He chose to face this setback head-on by running The Pilgrimage of Hope established by Communitas. Not only has he chosen to run the pilgrimage route, but he's also partnered with Solidarity Helping Hand to feed as many of South Africa's hungry children as possible.

"I want to do something much bigger than just myself. You never know what challenges the person next to you may be facing.” At the time of this website going live, Solidarity Helping Hand has applications to provide 12 000 meals a day for hungry children. They currently only have funds and the capacity to feed 8 000 children a day.