Introduction

The Algarve Cancer Association (ACA) is responsible for the organisation of the MAMAMARATONA in the Algarve and has the support of the Portimão City Council (PCC), the Algarve Athletics Association (AAA), the Sports Institute of Portugal (SIP) and EXPOARADE and is in partnership with the Association for Foreign Residents and Property Owners in Portugal (AFPOP), Exiberia, The Portugal Resident, and others.

This event will take place on October 12th at the Parque de Feiras e Exposições de Portimão at 10:00. This is the 8th marathon edition, and although not of competitive nature, it attracts national and international runners, walkers and participants that join in the campaign against cancer, solely for a single cause: SOLIDARITY in the fight against cancer.

Besides raising awareness of the problem of cancer, the main aim of the event is to raise funds to build a “Casa Flor das Dunas” (The Dune Flower Home), a project that ACA wants to carry out and which involves the construction of a building to support/aid cancer patients. With the plot of land having been donated by the Faro Municipal Council, the building is planned for non-resident patients who require temporary lodging while on radiation treatment of 4 to 6 weeks.