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Why not join our Walk to Africa Virtual Fitness Challenge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move with impact this Spring in our virtual challenge to bridge the distance and ‘virtually’ walk 7,657 miles from NYC to Africa. Whether you are working out in your living room or outside every step counts, and makes a difference in the lives of our beneficiaries.

Register as an individual or make a team of your own with fitness goals, this challenge is inclusive to all levels of fitness. Are you a confident runner training for a marathon? Create your own team and challenge them to complete 26 miles a week! Looking to add some activity to your work-from-home lifestyle? Commit to 20 minutes of movement a day with a few friends! Whether you’re running, walking, yoga-ing, or grooving, we look forward to working-out together for a brighter future in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to sign up for this great event: Walk to Africa Virtual Fitness Challenge.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Move with impact this Spring in our virtual challenge to bridge the distance by virtually walking from New York to the African continent.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[492,873,85,872,871],"class_list":["post-6919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-event","tag-fundraise","tag-support","tag-virtual-fitness-challenge","tag-walk"],"yoast_head":"\nWalk To Africa Virtual Fitness Challenge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join us for this great charity walk - spanning the distance across the Atlantic from New York to the African continent - and all for a great cause.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/us\/virtual-walk-to-africa-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virtual Walk to Africa Challenge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Join us for this great charity walk - 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