WE ARE A FOUNDATION SPECIALIZED IN CANCER AWARENESS, GUIDING PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING WITH CANCER AND ADVISING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON HOW TO PREVENT CANCER. WE VISIT AS MUCH CANCER PATIENTS IN THE LOCALITY WHO CANT AFFORD GOING TO THE HEALTH CENTER BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND POINTLESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONDEMNED TO DIE ONCE THEY ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND DONT SEE THE NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. WE FIGHT THIS ARCHAIC MENTALITY BY VISITING THEM, OFFERING TO TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL AND PAY FOR THE FIRST TREATMENTS, THIS USUALLY MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER AND THEY REGAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEN USUALLY SOME OF THEM CAN PICK IT UP FROM THERE, WHILE OTHERS ARE JUST FINANCIALLY INCAPABLE AND WE TRY OUR BEST TO PUSH AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT THIS IS BECOMING HEAVIER THAN OUR LITTLE RESOURCES CAN HANDLE AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD TO JOIN HAND AND HELP US REDUCE THE MORTALITY RATE CAUSED BY CANCER ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA WHERE CANCER IS STILL SEEN AS A CURSE BY MANY PEOPLE.

CANCER IS OUR MAIN POINT OF FOCUS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CANCER SURVIVOR ON OUR TEAM WHO IS THE MOST COURAGEOUS CANCER SURVIVOR EVER. IT IS HIS DREAM TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE DIES OF CANCER BECAUSE HE WITNESSED FIRST HAND OF WHAT CANCER DOES TO THE BODY AND HE HAS BEEN SHARING HIS EXPERIENCES AND JOURNEY ON OUR TIKTOK PAGE (@speakoutforcancerfoundation). OUR VISION WAS TO HELP CANCER PATIENTS ONLY IN OUR LOCAL REGION, BUT AS SOON AS WE WENT ONLINE, WE RECEIVED CASES FROM OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND OTHER REGIONS IN OUR COUNTRY AS WELL. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH CANCER , BUT WE NOTICED THAT MOST OF THEM ARE TOO SHY TO SPEAK UP, THEY SEE IT AS A CURSE, AND ARE SCARED TO BE STIGMATIZED BY IT. WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THIS AND WOULD NEED TO INCREASE OUR TEAM TO HELP US IN CARRYING OUT MORE REACH-OUT PROGRAMS BY VISITING CANCER CENTERS, VISITING THE LOCAL MARKETS AND CHURCHES AS WELL AS SCHOOLS AND HOSTING EVENTS TO SENSITIZE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CANCER, TO ADVICE THOSE ALREADY SUFFERING FROM CANCER ON THEIR DIET AND HELP THEM WITH MEDICAL BILLS AS WELL AS GIFTING THEM GIFTS THAT MAKE THEIR LIVES MORE ENJOYABLE.

THE FUNDS REALIZED WILL BE USED TO VISIT ONCOLOGY CENTERS, WE HAVE A FEW CENTERS IN OUR REGION, WE WILL VISIT THESE CENTERS WITH GIFTS FOR THE PATIENTS, CARE PACKAGE FOR THEIR CARETAKERS WHO USUALLY LACK BASIC ITEMS LIKE A BATHING BUCKET, SOAP, TOWELS AND OTHER TOILETRIES. WE WILL ALSO GIVE THEM CASH IN HAND TO HELP PURCHASE SOMETHINGS OR PAY OFF THEIR BILLS IN THE HOSPITAL. DEPENDING ON THE CASE OF THE PATIENT, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THESE PATIENTS LEARN A TRADE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE LIVING A GOOD LIFE AFTER DEFEATING CANCER WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST DREAM, TO MAKE SURE WE DONT LOST ANYONE TO CANCER. THE MOTOR OF OUR FOUNDATION IS "EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIVES", AND MOST PEOPLE DONT EVEN GO FOR CANCER SCREENING BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S EXPENSIVE. SO OUR LONG TERM PLAN IS TO BUILD A FREE SCREENING LAB IN ALL THE REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO FOR FREE SCREENING, SO THAT IF THEY HAVE CANCER, IT CAN BE DETECTED EARLY ENOUGH AND TREATMENT CAN COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY. OUR VISION IS TO MAKE THE WORLD A PLACE FREE OF CANCER. WE KNOW IT IS A DIFFICULT THING TO DO, BUT WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE KNOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.