Growing up in the hills of Kapchworwa, Joshua Cheptegei never envisioned that he would today be an Olympic and World Champion. Joshua set out to use the Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation as a force for transformation in a region full of untapped talent, yet still grappling with challenges like poverty, gender-based violence, and limited access to quality education.

But the Sebei region is more than its challenges, it’s a runner’s paradise, a place where the altitude tests your lungs, the terrain sharpens your legs, and the spirit of the people fuels your soul. It has birthed some of Uganda’s greatest distance runners, and Joshua believes in its potential to produce many more.