Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation
Our Profile
Our Mandate
Our Vision & Mission
Our passion is to offer sustainable long term solutions, to mobilize and sensitize the youth, needy and marginalized in Kenya on the prevention, management and treatment of cancer.
Vision:
Cancer is a silent killer that moves in undetectable waves among our population, we believe that empowering our society and especially the youth whom are diagnosed and affected by cancer will cause a ripple effect in this generation to create a world without cancer.
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Inspiring a world free of cancer
Mission: We exist to mobilize, educate and empower the youth today for a cancer free generation
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Our History
Our Objectives
Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation was established in 2011, and officially registered as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in May 2013. The organization seeks to promote and provide easily accessible information that will reduce cancer morbidity and mortality in Kenya.
• Raise cancer awareness among the youth • Catalyze research into detection, prevention and treatment of cancer • Provide long lasting solutions and advocate youth involvement. • Create a hub of cancer knowledge transfer • Promote and encourage lifestyles changes within the youth
Founded after the loss of Mama Eddah, the foundation has been able to fulfill this mandate by running sensitization programs and campaigns that provide free and easy access to cancer related information and support. As the target group is mainly the youth, these programs and campaigns evolve around fun and youthful activities that pave the way for the easier dissemination of information and set the stage for screening sessions and counseling/support.
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Our Core Values Our work incorporates young adult friendly activities such as sports, music, art, drama, technology and fashion in cancer sensitization activities. We are driven by the following values: We are FUN, COMPASSION is our legacy, INTEGRITY runs in our blood, TRANSPARENCY is our middle name,
The Programs Since inception, Eddah’sHope Cancer Foundation has impacted on over 10,000lives to create awareness and change livelihoods in the fight against cancer. Our programmatic objectives are executed through four complementing functional areas that derive our project and campaigns: • Compassion –Diagnosed and Affected • Advocacy and Wellness • Research
PROFESSIONALISM is a habit
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Our Projects Corporate Screening Project
Grant A Smile Project (GAS):
Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation partners with corporates and industries to participate in fun, interactive cancer screening challenges for their staff and teams.
This initiative calls on #CancerSoldiers to raise funds through gifts, pledges and donations towards granting a once in a lifetime wish to a terminally ill cancer Child/Teenager.
The scope of the program is to educate and sensitize the participants on the obvious signs and symptoms to watch out for with regards to cancer, and to promote and encourage the participants to embrace the preventive culture through regular check-ups and living healthy lifestyles.
The program directive is to get a favorite super hero, preferred venue or a preferred celebrity just to accompany the child/teenager to a Chemo/Radiotherapy session.
The program also generates proceeds for equipment and care for cancer patients in need.
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Our Projects Cancer Mtaani Project
Young Cancer Soldiers Project
The purpose of the outreach program is to disseminate vital information in a fun, friendly and interactive way through rig traversing to the marginalized and the lower income housing areas by equipping the youth with practical ways of managing and curbing the spread of cancer.
This initiative calls on #CancerSoldiers to raise funds through gifts, pledges and donations towards granting a once in a lifetime wish to a terminally ill cancer Child/Teenager.
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The program directive is to get a favorite super hero, preferred venue or a preferred celebrity just to accompany the child/teenager to a Chemo/Radiotherapy session.
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Our Projects
Our Achievements
Call to Care Project
Our Achievements
Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation embarks on quarterly Hospice visits as a way of giving back and enabling cancer soldiers to acquaint themselves with how to manage and take care of people affected and/or diagnosed with cancer.
• 6 successful Call to Care -Hospice visits with the mission to spread support and hope among people diagnosed and affected by Cancer in different regions of Kenya • Grant-A-Smile To fulfill three cancer patients wishes. One was sending a day at the garden city mall, riding in a rally car and the other to meet the Kenya 15’s Team • Partnered with Rockefeller foundation in the renovationof Thikapalliative care unit through painting and cleaning.
The visits more importantly incorporate delivering the needed amenities, medical supplies and foodstuffs gained through fundraising and donations.
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• In collaboration with Radio Africa through the Maina 10 Million Mission we have donated 12.9 million usedin purchasing of medical equipment for the cancer children ward at Kenyatta national Hospital • We have partnered with Kenyatta National Hospital in assisting 80families acquire insurance cover from NHIF • Donation of 58 Mastectomy Bra’s through the Bust out Cancer event that we hosted with the Women 4 Cancer this Mother’s Day
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Our Partners
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Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation No. 2, KirichwaApartments, KirichwaRoad, Off NgongRoad PO Box 12891 –00100 Nairobi Tel 254-0704 448 000 or +254-0732 440 000 Fax : +254-20 780 611 Address E-mail: info@eddahs-hope.org E-mail:public.relations@eddahs-hope.org Click on the links below to connect...
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