A core group of about 20 runners took part in the 10-kilometre race. © UNHCR/R.DeLa Cruz
And they're off: The Human Race comes to Geneva
Friday, 29 Aug. 2008
Almost 100 UNHCR staffers and supporters sacrificed their lunch on Friday and pounded the streets of Geneva to raise money for refugee children in Chad.

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