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By Radia Benabbou
Under the auspices of the Lala Salma Foundation - Prevention and Treatment of Cancers, and in partnership with the Canadian Embassy in Morocco, l'Association l'Avenir, and l'Association Femmes, réalisations et valeurs, Rabat will host this Sunday the Terry Fox Run, on the occasion of International Children’s Cancer Day.
The Terry Fox Run will be held under the motto “Working together to outrun cancer.”
This video is a call for participation featuring Nezha Bidwan, the well-known Moroccan athlete and godmother of the Association l’Avenir, and Sandra McCardell, the Canadian Ambassador to Morocco and Mauritania. “Sport is respect, sacrifice, and solidarity,” said Bidwan.
“Let us all participate in the Terry Fox Run and fight cancer together.” Ambassador McCardell described this marathon as the culmination of “Canada’s support to Morocco in promoting both countries’ mutual values.”
This marathon is named after Canadian athlete and activist Terry Fox, who died of osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in 1981 at he age of 22. Fox had a long struggle with cancer that cost him his right leg, which was amputated in 1977. This Canadian hero is remembered for participating in the Marathon of Hope in 1980, only a year before his death.
The marathon will take place on Sunday at 10:00 in front of Avicenna’s Children Hospital.
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