This November, help us provide cleft lip and palate treatment to children across Ethiopia by Running Africa’s Largest Road Race with us!

The 2024 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run International 10k will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, 17th November 2024.

The race is led by Ethiopia’s celebrated international runners and followed by over 45,000 other participants. The race attracts participants of all abilities from across the world. Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia’s most famous long-distance runner, founded the race in 2001.

This is not just a run...it's an Ethiopian adventure!

The race is on Sunday 17 November, but we recommend you arrive in Addis Ababa no later than the morning of Friday 15 November.

Addis is at approximately 2500m above sea level and it takes a few days to acclimatise to the altitude.

After an overnight flight there will be time to freshen up and breakfast, relax in the pool, explore a bit of Addis or visit a cleft program.

There is an early morning training run in Entoto National Park on Saturday morning, and a pasta dinner scheduled for that evening with Haile Gebrselassie, then the race is on Sunday morning. We suggest that we celebrate on Sunday night and either return on the Monday morning flight or the Tuesday 1am flight…

The Race

We have reserved places in the race.
Each entry includes...

• Entry fee, 
• Competitor’s t-shirt, 
• Training run on Saturday morning in Entoto National park, where Ethiopia’s elite athletes train,
• Pre-race pasta dinner on the Saturday night before the race with Haile Gebrselassie
• Finishers medal

Fundraising

We will use the Enthuse platform to fundraise for Project Harar.  We will help you set up your own fundraising pages and assist you in administering them.

You will need to decide if you wish to pay your own expenses for the trip or ask your sponsors to contribute towards your costs.  This needs to be made explicitly clear on the fundraising page.

Costs will vary according to how many days you wish to stay, which hotel and whether you are flying business or economy, but we estimate that the costs for economy flights, 4 days in a 5*hotel race entry and all meals and transfers will be no more than £2000 per person.  If you are fundraising to include your costs, we ask you to raise a minimum of £3000 before travelling to Addis.

If you are covering your own costs, we ask for a donation of £1000 to cover meals and transfers, race entry and administration costs and you will pay your own hotel and flight costs.

Click here for information about the Ethiopian Adventure, including flights, accommodation, transport, and other activities.

Every entrant will receive a race t-shirt, a pre-race training run, a medal for completing the 10k, and an invitation to the pre-race pasta dinner. These items, along with the race sign-up fee, are included in your deposit.

We would love for you to join us in Ethiopia this November, register your interest below to get started!

Learn more about Project Harar.