2014 Thank you! CAN SA www.shavathon.org.za 784 the amount of Shavathons hosted around South Africa 274 Workplaces 285 Malls 200 Schools 10 Sporting Events 15 Other organisations 150+ ponytails donated which will now be made into wigs for cancer patients who need it (www.shavathon.org.za/donate-your-ponytail) Across the country we made use of: 79 269 cans of sray 1 318 WAHL Clippers 5 142 Stencils 947 Capes 818 Bibs 6 000 Posters 10 915 UV CANSA Wraps! a whopping 53 090 CANSA Wraps Proud Partners Toll-free 0800 22 66 22 | www.shavathon.org.za We appreciate your support, and look forward to having you join us for CANSA Shavathon 2015 The money raised through the CANSA Shavathon 2014 is being tallied and will be announced soon. Keep an eye on www.shavathon.org.za for information and updates We couldn’t have achieved this without you CANSA’S unique integrated service CANSA offers support to cancer patients & their families in over 500 Our more than 30 CANSA Care Centres** & Clinics address the needs of cancer survivors and their families CANSA offers care & support - individual & group programmes Home-from-home accommodation at our 12 CANSA Care Homes & Theunis Fichardt Hospitium Free transport to & from cancer treatment centres Free nutritious meals We provide medical equipment to cancer patients to help them cope (such as wigs, breast prothesis & wheel chairs) 5 000 communities with the help of volunteers We have 8 stoma care units offering affordable & comprehensive stoma products We give advice & offer specialist wound care Free lodging for parents/guardians, whose children are undergoing cancer treatment, at our CANSA TLC Lodge in Pretoria & TLC Paediatric Oncology Ward in Polokwane CANSA offers Care & Support SUPPORT The CancerCare Coping Kit provides info & practical tips to make coping with cancer easier for patients & their loved ones iSurvivor - Online programme to help guide cancer survivors www.isurvivor.co.za How your donation helps us fight cancer CANCER REALITY CHECK Every year 14 million people world-wide hear the words: “You have cancer” ? 90% ?100 000 ? 6/10 ? 4 of cancers are caused by environmental & lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet & exercise More than South Africans are diagnosed with cancer every year South African cancer survival rate is One in South Africans is affected by cancer through diagnosis of family, friends or self Globally cancer kills more people than TB, AIDS and Malaria combined CANCER TB+AIDS+MALARIA > Top 5 cancers among 1. Prostate 2. Origin unknown* 3. Lung 4. Colorectal 5. Oesophageal/Throat 1. Prostate 2. Origin unknown* 3. Lung 4. Colorectal 5. Oesophageal/Throat 1. Breast 2. Cervical 3. Origin Unknown* 4. Colorectal 5. Kaposi Sarcoma SA Men SA Women * ‘Primary sight unknown’ means that it is not possible to determine where the cancer originated in the body Stats as per National Cancer Registry (2005) SunSmart Choice EDUCATE MOBILE UNIT MOBILE UNIT 1. SunSmart 2. Balanced Lifestyle 3. No-Tobacco 4. Women’s & Men’s Health - as well as Children & Youth Health 5. Environment - avoiding carcinogens (cancer-causing agents) FotoFinder - mole mapping dermoscope devices for detecting skin cancer We Fight Cancer Screening & Early Diagnosis allow more effective treatment CANSA’s Mobile Health Units travel to remote areas in SA to provide screening & prevention programmes Women’s Health - women have access to clinical breast examinations & Pap smears via Mobile Health Units & CANSA Care Centres** Regular Pap smears (screening test for early diagnosis of cervical cancer) Men’s Health - Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) - simple blood test to help detect prostate cancer CANSA Health Awareness Campaigns Colorectal cancer screening - testing for occult (concealed) blood in stool **Please call for info on specific care and support services provided
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South Africa
2014Thank
you!CAN SA
www.shavathon.org.za
784the amount ofShavathons hostedaround South Africa
274 Workplaces285 Malls
200 Schools10 Sporting Events
15 Other organisations
150+ ponytailsdonatedwhich will now be made into wigs for cancer patients who need it(www.shavathon.org.za/donate-your-ponytail)
Across the country we made use of:
79 269cans of sray
1 318WAHL Clippers 5 142
Stencils 947Capes
818Bibs
6 000 Posters 10 915UV CANSA Wraps!
a whopping
53 090CANSA Wraps
Proud Partners
Toll-free 0800 22 66 22 | www.shavathon.org.za
We appreciate your support, and look forward to havingyou join us for CANSA Shavathon 2015
The money raised through the CANSA Shavathon 2014 is being tallied and will be announced soon. Keep an eye on www.shavathon.org.za for information and updates
We couldn’t have achievedthis without you
CANSA’Sunique
integratedservice
CANSA offerssupport to cancer patients & their families in over
500
Our more than 30 CANSA Care Centres** & Clinics address the needsof cancer survivors and their families
CANSA offers care & support -individual & group programmes
Home-from-home accommodationat our 12 CANSA Care Homes & Theunis Fichardt Hospitium
Free transport to & fromcancer treatment centres
Free nutritiousmeals
We provide medical equipment to cancer patientsto help them cope (such as wigs, breast prothesis &wheel chairs)
5 000communities with the help of
volunteers
We have 8 stoma care units offering affordable &
comprehensive stoma productsWe give advice & offerspecialist wound care
Free lodging for parents/guardians,whose children are undergoing cancertreatment, at our CANSA TLC Lodge in Pretoria & TLC Paediatric Oncology Ward in Polokwane
CANSA offersCare & Support
SUPPORT
The CancerCare Coping Kit provides info & practical tips to make coping with cancer easier for patients & their loved ones
iSurvivor - Online programmeto help guide cancer survivorswww.isurvivor.co.za
How your donationhelps us fight cancer
CANCERREALITY CHECK
Every year 14 million people world-wide hear the words:
“You have cancer”?90%
? 100 000
?6/10
?4
of cancers are caused by environmental & lifestyle factors such as smoking, diet & exercise
More than South Africans are diagnosed with cancer every yearSouth African cancer survival rate is
One in South Africans is affectedby cancer through diagnosis of family, friends or self
Globally cancer kills more people than TB, AIDS and Malaria combinedCANCER TB+AIDS+MALARIA >
Top 5 cancers among
1. Prostate2. Origin unknown*3. Lung4. Colorectal5. Oesophageal/Throat
1. Prostate2. Origin unknown*3. Lung4. Colorectal5. Oesophageal/Throat
1. Breast2. Cervical3. Origin Unknown*4. Colorectal5. Kaposi Sarcoma
SA Men SA Women
* ‘Primary sight unknown’ means that it is not possible to determine where the cancer originated in the body
Stats as per National Cancer Registry (2005)
SunSmart Choice
SMART CHOICE SUPPLEMENT
EDUCATE
MOBILE UNITMOBILE UNIT
1. SunSmart
2. Balanced Lifestyle
3. No-Tobacco
4. Women’s & Men’s Health - as well as Children & Youth Health
5. Environment - avoiding carcinogens (cancer-causing agents)
FotoFinder - mole mappingdermoscope devices for detecting skin cancer
We Fight CancerScreening & Early Diagnosis allow more effective treatment
CANSA’s Mobile Health Unitstravel to remote areas in SA
to provide screening & prevention programmes
Women’s Health - women have access to clinical breast examinations & Pap smears via Mobile Health Units & CANSA Care Centres**
Regular Pap smears(screening test for early diagnosis of cervical cancer) Men’s Health - Prostate
Specific Antigen (PSA) - simple blood test to helpdetect prostate cancer
CANSAHealth Awareness Campaigns
Colorectal cancer screening - testingfor occult (concealed) blood in stool
**Please call for info onspecific care and supportservices provided
Maximising our advocacy role to ensure that CANSA becomes the number one watchdog for all cancer affairs and concerns by utilising the knowledge and current scientific-based findings to promote awareness and influence legislationand policy making
We’ve looked on the inside... you look
on the outside
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