November 2020 edition of Desi Australia Monthly Magazine

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Community News | Sydney

Pink Ribbon Breakfast 2020 A Commendable Sydney Indian Community Initiative

The colour pink symbolizes health, vitality, compassion & the power of femininity. It is the color of universal love of oneself and of others. It represents friendship, affection, harmony, inner peace, and approachability. Pink is the official color for girls & women.

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reast Cancer, on the other hand, is a monster threatening feminism. It needs to be stopped causing deaths through timely diagnosis, treatment, education, and research.

By: Mr Bachan Sharma

Photo Credit : Harmohan Walia

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Pink Ribbon Breakfast are events that are organized by community members to achieve these laudable objectives and raise funds for research. Good Samaritans from the community are encouraged to

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organize such events with friends, family, and workmates getting together, enjoying themselves, and help towards a vision of zero deaths from breast cancer. In 2020, Pink Ribbon Breakfast events aim to raise $1.5 million to fund research into the effective prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer. Pink Ribbon was started by Rekha Rajvanshi, a breast cancer Survivor, 9 years ago. Rekha then asked Sue Advani,

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