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25.02.2017 Business & Finance

Newmont women donate GH¢45, 742 for breast cancer education

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By Ghanaian Chronicle

Newmont Ghana Women and Allies Network has donated GH¢45,742 to lead an anti-breast cancer campaigner, Breast Care International (BCI), at a short, but impressive ceremony at the Peace and Love Hospital, Baatsona, on the Spintex Road, Accra.

The cash donation is to boost BCI's countrywide outreach programmes, aimed at educating and creating awareness about breast cancer, through free breast screening.

Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, President of BCI, and CEO of Peace and Love Hospitals, said the amount would bolster the campaign, and was highly appreciative of Newmont, because the  humanitarian gesture was both at the instance and volition of the multinational company.

The Chairperson of the Accra Chapter of Women and Allies, Newmont Ghana, Neringa Berzinkaskaite, and the Chairperson of the Akyem Chapter, Elizabeth Hazel, were unanimous the donation was in line with their corporate social responsibility in reaching out to human centered organisations, whose core objects were in line with those of Newmont, and commended BCI for the sustained campaign against breast cancer, which, they believed, had impacted positively on the public.

MTN/ Arko Foundation
Elsewhere in the Ashanti Region, a delegation of Telecom giant MTN, led by the Manager of the Northern sector, Mrs. Afrakoma Baah Obeng, has paid a courtesy call on Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai at the head office of BCI in Kumasi, to familiarise themselves with operations of the facility, and to explore ways of corporation between the two.

The BCI team, led by Dr. Wiafe, walked them through the various stages of breast cancer treatment, and reiterated the urgent need to intensify the public education drive, in a bid to reduce the incidence of the disease, while fighting off ignorance and stigmatisation .

She charged corporate Ghana to assist BCI in whatever way possible, to intensify the awareness creation exercise, as poverty and ignorance combine to claim the lives of some afflicted women.

A co-sponsored free breast screening programme by BCI and the “Arko Foundation” (an offshoot of BCI) , at the Africa Hall of the  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), followed the visit, and was at the instance of the Ladies Wing of the Harvest Chapel International, where Mrs. Baah Obeng doubles as the leader.

Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai noted that the “primary consideration is to connect with schools and communities across the country for breast abnormalities.”

The BCI outreach team encouraged the student population and the faithful to periodically examine their own breasts, and report any abnormality to health facilities for further examination.

Dr. Wiafe charged them to be ambassadors of the breast cancer public education programme, and help spread the news that breast cancer is both treatable and survivable, if detected early.

 

 

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