Children & Future presented cheques to the 37 projects it supported this year, distributing the €375,245 raised during November’s No Finish Line to organisations helping sick and underprivileged children in Monaco, France, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The handover took place on Monday, marking the formal conclusion of the funding cycle generated by the charity’s 26th edition of the race.

The 2025 No Finish Line, held from 15th to 23rd November at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille, brought together 14,440 participants who together covered 375,245 kilometres, with Children & Future donating one euro for every kilometre completed. Since the event was founded in 1999, nearly 190,000 walkers and runners have taken part, covering more than 5,122,815 kilometres and raising over €5,448,620 for children’s causes.

Funds distributed across five regions

This year’s total was split between projects in Monaco (€103,053), France (€137,114), Europe (€23,743), Africa (€98,526) and the Middle East (€12,808).

The biggest single grant, €75,000, went to Monaco Collectif Humanitaire (MCH), which in 2025 arranged medical care for 45 children from Africa. Six of those children were operated on in the Principality at the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, while the remaining 39 underwent surgery in MCH’s four partner countries: Mali, Madagascar, Senegal and Burkina Faso. Children & Future’s donation made it the leading donor to the Collectif.

Support for hospitalised children in Monaco

A further €10,585 funded the purchase of ten ‘Calinanges’ for the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco. The ergonomic positioning devices are designed for young hospitalised patients, recreating the sensation of human contact to help calm children and improve their comfort, particularly when parents are unable to be present.

Emergency aid in Lebanon and family support in Monaco

In Lebanon, €9,008 was directed through the Monaco-based association Les Amis du Liban to support families affected by economic hardship, covering medicines, baby supplies, hygiene products and non-perishable food, as well as the preparation and distribution of meals.

The Association des Cœurs Vaillants et Âmes Vaillantes de Monaco received €9,588 to enable children from low-income families to take part in holiday camp activities.

Hospital activities and mobility support in France

Les Petits Princes, founded in 1987 to fulfil the wishes of seriously ill children and teenagers aged three to 18, received €15,720 to fund three hours of artistic activity per week at young patients’ bedsides, including poetry evenings and educational workshops.

In a separate French project, €14,310 went towards adapting a vehicle for 13-year-old Dev, who lives with spinal muscular atrophy and a disability rate exceeding 80 per cent, to allow safe transport of his electric wheelchair. A further €14,152 funded animal-assisted therapy sessions for hospitalised children at the Gustave Roussy Hospital in Villejuif, run by the association Ani’nomade.

Accessibility and medical missions abroad

In Italy, €23,000 was allocated to install a lift with automatic doors at the home of four-year-old Adriano, who has spinal muscular atrophy, to ensure he can access his first-floor home safely once he receives an electric wheelchair.

In Morocco, €25,000 supported paediatric healthcare during the 2026 medical caravan run alongside the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles, which operated across four sites: Merzane, Ksar El Hassi, Anagam and Foum Zguid. The funding covered medicines, on-site paediatric surgery and medical equipment, including braces for seven-year-old Saja, who has cerebral palsy following complications at birth. Unable to walk or speak in 2025, Saja can now take a few steps and say a few words following treatment with walking and night braces alongside physiotherapy and speech therapy. The fund will also support around ten paediatric surgeries scheduled between summer and autumn 2026 for children identified during the caravan.

Education and child protection projects in Africa

In Cameroon, €18,446 is funding a multi-sports handball and basketball court at the Notre-Dame des Apôtres school in Ngaoundéré, which serves 1,200 pupils and 32 teachers. The project is overseen by a volunteer engineer from the NGO Fidesco who spent 30 years working in Monaco.

In Madagascar, €19,000 went to Fight Aids Monaco and its local partner SISAL, which support children from families living with HIV in Antananarivo and Toliara. In 2025 the project helped more than 100 children with school fees, supplies, uniforms, meals and transport, while also running awareness campaigns aimed at protecting minors from sexual exploitation.

In Rwanda, €13,794 funded the completion and renovation of a school run by the association Une Maison des Sourires, serving 550 children. The grant covered a full roof repair on the nursery building along with new boards, computers, sports equipment and furniture.

The 27th edition of the No Finish Line will take place from 14th to 22nd November 2026.

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