October is commemorated as International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Project Pink Blue is headlining this campaign, free screenings, fundraising to support women battling with breast cancer, providing palliative care to women with advanced breast cancer, admiring the survivors, and honoring the taken. In 2015 over 500 people gathered Saturday, 3rd October, at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos to have a 1km Walk, 2km Race and 7km Cycle against cancer
Annie Idibia, Esther Audu, Madu Moc, Peace Emezue, other celebrities, and 10 breast cancer survivors will lead the 10km Walk, 20km Race & 30km Cycle against Breast Cancer this Saturday, October 8th, 2016.
Event details:
Date: Saturday, October 8th, 2016.
Time: 7AM
Venue: Radio Lagos/LTv Compound, Lateef Jakande Road, Agindingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.
The walk will start from Radio Lagos/LTv compound through Allen round-about, and then back to Radio Lagos/LTv compound, where free cancer screenings and the following activities will kick-off:
- Aerobics
- Karate Against Cancer (KAC)
- Dance Against Cancer (DAC)
- One Million Signatures against Breast Cancer
- Meet the Cancer Survivors
- Presentations on Breast, Cervical, Prostate & Nutritional Information.
- Free Clinical Breast Examination
- Free Cervical Cancer Screenings
- Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
- Free Ultrasound
- Free Breast Kits to be won
- Free Breast Self Awareness Materials
- Free Breast Self Examination Guide
- Fundraising for Oyayi , a breast cancer patient
- Sack Races
- Table Tennis Competition.
- Fruit & Vegetable Competition: The Fastest person to eat the bowl of fruit would win a Dana Air return ticket and other consolation prizes.
Nollywood celebrities took their social media wall to create awareness for the upcoming event.
See Annie Idibia post below: