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Tata, the Marathon Grandmother: ‘Every sweat dripping off my face is for a cause’

Joyce Nduku isn’t running away from anything; she is running towards something, for someone.

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by bird story agency

Big-read31 January 2025 - 13:08
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In Summary


  • She’s running for a boy back in her village who was born with rectal malformation—a birth defect occurring when the anus and rectum don’t develop properly.
  • A seasoned charity marathon runner, Joyce Nduku made a deal with God days ago that she’d use every coin raised from this marathon to pay for the boy’s surgery.