Run the Paris Marathon and change lives with LIFE
Are you ready to take on the ultimate challenge?
Run to push yourself ✊, run to challenge yourself 💪, run to feel truly ALIVE 🙌…
Join us for an unforgettable adventure over the 42.195 km of the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon 2025! 🚀
With every stride, you support our work for life in all its forms. 🏃♂️🚀 The further you push yourself, the more we can do.
Our shared mission: to change lives. Nothing less. 🏁
As soon as you feel ready to push past your limits to change lives, click « Change lives » 🌍
Sign up in 3 simple steps
Running the Paris Marathon is a personal challenge in itself, but running for a noble cause is like carrying the torch of hope for the people we help around the world.
It's simple:
1
Fill in the form and Charles, the team captain, will get back to you
2
Raise €10 per kilometre for LIFE through your own dedicated fundraising page
3
You'll receive your
LIFE race bib
Charles will be your guide and will share all the key information so that your race goes without a hitch.
The day before the event, you'll meet all the other LIFECHANGERS, and on race day you'll push yourself like never before!
Who is LIFE?
For more than 13 years, LIFE has chosen to put LIFE at the heart of everything it does. Human life, of course, but more broadly life in all its forms.
2000
Water points
20M
Meals distributed per year
30
Hectares of forest
180K
Donors
We work in no fewer than 25 countries to support everyone in need. Refugee camps, cut-off villages: no challenge stops us from taking action.
In 2023, our work included: more than 696 water points opened, over 11 million meals distributed and 30 hectares of forest planted.
THEY SUPPORT US
Every year, more and more public figures choose to support LIFE and help make the voices of the disadvantaged heard, by joining our teams in the field or through social media
GIMS
Artist
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Actress
Melha Bedia
Actress/comedian
Ojoz
Photographer
Kader
Comedian and magician
Samia Orosemane
Comedian
Ikbal
Artist
Medhi
Walker
In their words
Bintou
A wonderful charity doing wonderful work for people in need. Proud to be useful through your work.
Sandrine
I've taken part in the €1/1 Meal campaign every year for 3 years, and I'm still just as delighted to see faces light up with joy in the photos and videos LIFE sends me
Issiaka
In my village it's hard to feed yourself, especially for me as an elderly widow. I'm happy to receive this help and to see that people are thinking of me and my children.
Toufik
You do remarkable work. Keep going, never give up. We need kind-hearted people like you so much…
Where we work
Frequently asked questions
How are distributions organised?
Distributions take the form of family food parcels given to the families in greatest need. One parcel feeds a family of 5 or more for a month. All smaller donations are pooled to make up complete parcels.
Who benefits from my donation?
Families living in hardship, elderly and isolated people, people with disabilities, children, refugees, widows and single-parent families.
How can I follow my donation?
You'll regularly receive photo updates by email showing your donations in action on the ground. We also share photos and videos every day on our social media: Facebook, Instagram.
How do you get food supplies to each country?
To support the local economy and keep costs down, food is bought in bulk locally.
What's in the parcels?
What goes into a parcel depends on the country. Example for France: onions, potatoes, rice, semolina, tomato purée, flour, salt, oil, tuna, dates, sugar, brick pastry sheets, vermicelli, diced tomatoes, chickpeas, biscuits. Example for Palestine: meat, pasta, tomato purée, beans, tuna, rice, split lentils, lentils, flour, sugar, salt, oil, yeast, tea, white beans, packs of cheese, noodles, powdered milk. Example for Togo: rice, oil, sugar, tea, salt, pasta, maize.
Can I donate securely?
Rest assured, you can donate in complete safety.
Our website is 100% secure, and we take all reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of your data.
Your donation is collected through specialist platforms experienced in providing technical support to charities (Gocardless, Paypal and Stripe).
All bank details used to process payments are encrypted (SSL protocol). They are never stored on our IT systems.
To check that your payment details are protected when you donate, look for the padlock 🔒 in your browser's address bar.
Can I fund meals for the same person or for different people?
Here's how this campaign works: we put together family parcels for a family of around 5 people, containing 150 meals and 150 breakfasts.
So we can't guarantee that your donation will feed 30 different people. However, we can assure you that a €30 donation will indeed provide 30 different meals!
Will I receive a tax receipt?
You'll receive an annual tax receipt early next year, allowing you to deduct 66% of your donation from your French income tax, up to 20% of your taxable income. So a €100 donation actually costs you only €34.
Can I trust you?
LIFE is a non-profit association under the French law of 1901, registered under no. 51447004600046 with NAF code 8899B.
Our accounts are certified every year by a sworn statutory auditor, and our annual activity and financial reports can be viewed here.
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