Two Oceans and AIDS orphans charity

AIDS orphans across the country will receive a welcome boost when runners in the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon sweat their support by wearing a pair of PUMA socks on race day Saturday March 22.

PUMA, the race's official technical sponsor, will donate R5 to the non-profit organisation Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity (NOAH), the race's designated charity, for every pair of PUMA race socks sold. Runners can buy a pair of the charity socks at the PUMA Memorabilia shop at the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon Expo, which runs during race registration from March 18 to 21 at the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has resulted in parents dying before their children become adults, leaving South Africa with an estimated 1.7 million AIDS orphans. It is these orphans and other vulnerable children who benefit from work done by NOAH across the country.

NOAH supports communities caring for these children by accessing funds, providing day and after care facilities, running feeding schemes, establishing food gardens and doing home visits.

Visit www.noahorphans.org.za for more information.