EDDAH’S HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION
OUR PROFILE
OUR MANDATE
OUR VISION & MISSION
Our passion is to offer sustainable solutions by mobilizing and sensitizing the youth, the needy and the marginalized in Kenya on the prevention, management and treatment of cancer in Kenya.
Vision:
Cancer is a silent killer that moves in undetectable waves affecting populations. We believe that by empowering the society, especially the youth who are diagnosed and affected by cancer, there will be a ripple effect towards the creation of a cancer-free African generation.
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To be the leading preventive cancer organization in Africa
Mission: To create cancer-free African 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. Founded after the loss of Mama Eddah, the foundation has been able to fulfill its mandate by running sensitization programs and campaigns that provide free and easy access to cancer-related information and support.
• Create the largest following in Africa of youth leading healthy lifestyles through the #Cancersoldier movement • Create a hub of cancer knowledge transfer • Catalyze research into detection, prevention and treatment of cancer • Train the largest number of community health workers (focusing on cancer)
As the target group is mainly the youth, the programs and campaigns evolve around fun and youthful activities that create an environment for easier dissemination of information as well as set the stage on establishing ways of offering support.
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OUR CORE VALUES Compassion We stand by each other in times of need and empathize with #Cancerwarriors and #Cancersoldiers by offering our time and resources FunWe take an entertaining approach in implementing our engagements while maintaining a positive and exciting work environment. Innovation We develop and adopt unique and interactive ideas/ways in the fight against cancer
THE PROGRAMS Since Inception, Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation has impacted on over 10,000 lives to create awareness and change livelihoods in the fight against cancer. Our projects are derived from four main complementing functional areas: • Compassion • Advocacy & Capacity Building • Research
Professionalism We exercise the highest level of efficiency and competency to our stakeholders and ourselves Integrity We uphold consistent moral and ethical standards
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OUR PROJECTS Cancer Awareness Days
Cancer Mtaani Project
Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation partners with corporates and industries to participate in fun, interactive cancer awareness challenges for their staff and teams.
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.
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 also generates proceeds for equipment and care for cancer patients in need.
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OUR PROJECTS Young Cancer Soldiers Movement We’re bringing the fight against cancer to our high schools through the Young Cancersoldiers Movement campaign. With this initiative, teens around the country will receive basic knowledge about cancer prevention through interactive and fun school-based events.
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Call to Care Project 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. The visits more importantly incorporate delivering the needed amenities, medical supplies and foodstuffs gained through fundraising and donations.
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OUR PROJECTS
PROPOSED PROJECTS:
Grant A Smile Project (GAS):
Cover for Our Mothers
This initiative calls on #CancerSoldiers to towards granting a smile to a #Cancerwarrior‌ The program involves getting influential personalities to spend a day with a #Cancerwarrior and making their day special.
We are in the process of setting up a framework for the payment of NHIF for mothers diagnosed with cancer country wide.
Training of Community Health Workers We seek to train the largest number of CHWs in Kenya to be able to reach those affected and diagnosed with cancer in the most remote areas in Kenya .
YCSM Clubs The Young Cancer Soldier Movement is growing from holding school seminars to creating clubs in schools. 12
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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS Our Achievements Through the Maina Kageni 10 Million Mission, we were able to raise Kshs.23 million which was used to buy medical equipment and supplies that were DONATED to the Children’s Cancer Ward at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The Foundation, in partnership with Rockefeller Foundation, RENOVATED Thika Level 5 Paediatric Ward at a cost of Ksh.600, 000. The Foundation has VISITED over 12 hospices through our CALL TO CARE initiative and donated much need items to patients.
OUR PARTNERS
The Foundation has successfully organized the following events in Nairobi, Kenya, which helped create awareness on cancer: a). The Annual Cancersoldiers Gala Awards which CELEBRATES outstanding groups, individuals and organizations that have been active in the fight against cancer in Kenya. b). KICKING CANCER football tournament whose proceeds worth Kshs.900, 000 went toward the Kenyatta National Hospital children’s ward. c). Burst Out Cancer event where funds worth Kshs.288, 000 raised from the event were used to purchase MASTECTOMY BRAS that were donated to breast cancer patients.
Through the Foundation’s GRANT-A- SMILE project for terminally ill cancer patients, we were able to BRING JOY to SEVEN patients The Foundation has been PAYING NHIF bills of 350 FAMILIES at a cost of Kshs. 2 million. 14
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TALK TO US Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation Kirichwa Road, Ngong Road. Nairobi. Call: +254 704 448 000 / +254 732 440 000 Email: info@eddahs-hope.org Click on the links below to connect...
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