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enhance awareness about breast cancer and to spread the message
that cancer is not the end of the road, nor is it contagious. HITAISHINI
organizes talks and walks on Cancer Survivors’ Day, National
Cancer Awareness Day, International Childhood Cancer Day, Rose Day,
No-Tobacco Day, and throughout October, which is the Breast Cancer
Awareness Month . It also holds awareness camps at schools, clubs,
and other social institutions, as well as seminars and workshops
to discuss the particular concerns and problems of breast cancer
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Sharing
the Diwali festive mood with patients |
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Cancer
Survivors' Day |
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Survivor
to survivor sharing love |
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| Cancer
awareness walk |
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Awarness
for NCC as a Part of
All India Programme |
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Hitaishini
is going to celebrate International Rose day (22nd September, 2006)
by distributing roses (symbol of hope) along with Horlicks and some
utility items (medicine box, towel) to nearly 550 cancer patients
at three major cancer hospitals in Kolkata. Popular film actor,
Shree Tapas Pal has kindly agreed to distribute the gifts to the
patients.
We
are going to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month throughout October
by sending awareness messages, articles in different papers, magazines
(English, Bengali, Hindi), flashing awareness slides in different
T.V. channels, Cinema Halls, and showing awareness messages in Hoardings
at major road-crossings. We are distributing one lakh fifty thousand
of our awareness pamphlets with the electric bills of October to
our targeted consumers of different towns of West Bengal in association
with Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation. We will also start awareness
programme in Birbhum District, West Bengal, which is our committed
project.
This
special awareness programme will be concluded by a Awareness Walk,
from Hazra Road crossing to Deshapriya Park, in South Kolkata, involving
NCC cadets, all the cancer support groups in and around Kolkata,
Rotarians, Inner Wheel Clubs, eminent personalities in different
fields. Shree Bikash Ranjan Bhattachariya, Hon’ble Mayor of
West Bengal, has kindly given consent to flag off the walk. After
completion of walk we will arrange another programme, “Lighting
The Candle”, in remembrance of the breast cancer sufferers
who are no more with us and offer best wishes to those who are still
struggling this battle, for their speedy recovery. Dr. Amal Chakraborty,
present Sheriff of Kolkata, will light the first candle. The programme
will be followed by a musical session.
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