At midnight today, hundreds of people from different walks of life will come together at Mellieħa to walk 17 kilometres. Their motivation? The Good Friday night-walk in aid of Puttinu Cares which has now become a tradition. Participants will stroll, jog and some even run along Xemxija, St Paul’s Bay, Mosta, Lija, Birkirkara, Msida and Pietà, and finish at the Floriana Granaries. A €10 donation will be collected in Mellieħa in aid of Puttinu. Among the participants will be Martina Fenech, who 11 years ago, at just 15, was diagnosed with a rare malignant cancer. Her diagnosis came two months after she had lost her mother to breast cancer. She was one of the many children who benefitted from Puttinu Cares, as part of her treatment was done at the Royal Masden Hospital in Sutton and she stayed in one of the charity’s apartments for three months. She underwent treatment for nine months. Now, at 26, Fenech has been cancer free for the past 10 years and is part of the Puttinu Cares committee. “I started participating in this night walk three years after I got cured, and I have been doing it ever since,” Fenech told Times of Malta. This will be the sixth time she is taking part. “I am...
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