#My8848
- By: Jan Marjee
- Short URL: https://archive.backabuddy.co.za/my8848
- Date Created: 9 April 2020
Personal message
Did you know that if I summit the 9 highest peaks in South Africa that I would have completed 8848m of climbing. Interesting 8848m is the same distance that I would have climbed if I chose to climb Mount Everest. To be diagnosed with breast cancer, then to cope with the treatment and then to carry on with your life before breast cancer is as tough or probably tougher than summitting Mount Everest. So now you understand the story behind #My8848.
My page is my tool to help me mobilise support for education and early detection of breast cancer. My goal has 2 parts to it. The first half of the goal is to summit the 9 highest peaks in South Africa. The second half is to break the record for the fast ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro. My nickname: Kilimanjan
All of this said this is only an intention if there is no real purpose behind it. Enter: "My significant half". Nadine and I are recently engaged. She is the inspiration and driving force and the motivation behind my intention. She makes this challenge real. Together we make it possible for you to join us. So in the spirit of "My vibe is my tribe" - please take up this challenge with us. You don't have to climb the mountains with us but you can make a difference by donating towards our fundraising goal. Funds raised will all go back to PinkDrive to take clinical breast examinations and mammograms to more people in more communities
Statistics
Fundraising target
R 100 000.00Donations to date
R 0.00PinkDrive Breast Cancer Fundraising
PinkDrive NPC, a health sector NGO, was founded in 2009 by Ms Noelene Kotschan, on the premise that “Early detection saves lives.” PinkDrive’s cardinal purpose is to contribute meaningfully towards preventing as many people as it can, from succumbing to breast, cervical, prostate and testicular cancer.
Its primary focus is on citizens without access to reasonable care for these conditions, and who reside in areas where health services do not reach. It recognises that treatable cancers receiving even the basic levels of care could translate into varying lengths of extended life for the afflicted when detected and treated early. Its posture is ostensibly a promoter of health awareness in general, and specifically health education and heightening awareness of gender-related cancers in South Africa.
Our Mission:
Promote awareness and early detection of, and screening for gender-related cancers in the general population of South Africa, using the message “Early detection will help to prolong life.”
Our Vision:
To be the leading non-governmental organisation dedicated to creating and promoting awareness about cancer in South Africa, and potentially beyond.
Our delivery:
PinkDrive has five principal interventions through its flagship programmes, PinkDrive® and More Balls Than Most®, channelled through mobile point-of-contact service delivery by skilled certificated medical/nursing practitioners, namely:
- Clinical Breast Exams: A mass screening service provided to woman and men of all ages. This service includes one-on-one cancer education focusing on self-examinations as well as a breast examination. 2. Mammograms: A select screening service primarily provided for a woman over the age of 40, unless they are referred for a mammogram by a Doctor.
- Pap Smears: Cervical Cancer Screening.
- Prostate-Specific Antigen Test (PSA): These tests are a form of rapid testing for men above the age of 40 years old. These tests are administered by testing an adequate sample of blood taken from a subject. 5. Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness and Education: At all activations, More Balls Than Most sets up information booths and supplies information flyers to educate the public about Prostate and Testicular Cancer.
Our beneficiaries:
Indigent and medically uninsured woman and men are the primary beneficiaries of PinkDrive NPC’s commitment. Citizens living in rural, township and semi-urban geographies across South Africa, are of the highest priority. Beneficiaries who can afford to pay for the service, are charged an approved nominal amount, which in turn funds the services to the indigent and medically uninsured beneficiaries.