A 50-hour marathon in aid of the Daniel Delicata Foundation and the Puttinu Cares Children’s Cancer Support Group will start on Friday, 1 September at 8pm.

The activity, entitled Ghinni Ha Nfiq (Help Me Recover), will be held at the Mater Dei School at Msida, and will continue until 10pm on Sunday, 3 September.

The marathon will include football, billiards, Subbuteo, singing, dancing, skateboarding, cycling, magic and a fair. A Mass will also be celebrated on the Saturday at 7pm.

The event is organised by Martin Micallef and volunteers from the Football Nursery of Msida.

Donations are welcomed via SMS: 5061-7361 for Lm 1, 5061-8913 for Lm3 and 5061-9215 for Lm5.