Tegla Laroupe
Tegla Laroupe is a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner, and she also actively advocates for peace, human rights and education, through her Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation. In 2003, Loroupe created the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation, whose mission is “to improve peace building, livelihoods and resilience of poor people affected by and vulnerable to conflicts and civil strife in the world.” At the same time came the creation of an annual series of Peace Marathons, named "Peace Through Sports," wherein presidents, prime ministers, ambassadors and government officials run with warriors and nomadic groups in her native Kenya, in Uganda and in Sudan, to bring peace to an area plagued by raiding warriors from battling tribes. The races have become an important and significant athletic event, and her efforts and achievements in promoting peace amongst African tribes were lauded by the Kenyan Government in 2010. Moreover, Loroupe has also established a school (Tegla Loroupe Peace Academy) and orphanage for children from the region in Kapenguria, a high-mountain town in north-west Kenya.
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