Cancer Aid committee of Rotary club of Bombay decided in the beginning of the year to do 10 early detection camps. By the mid -year they have organised 5 such camps. One such awareness and early detection camp on 10 January in slum area at Kajupada-Kurla. This time many people came ahead in pre registrations...
Children in India are particularly vulnerable and in every 16 seconds, a child in India tries tobacco for the first time. This means that every day, 5500 Indian children try tobacco for the first time. Up to onethird of these children are under the age of 10 years. 14.6% of youth aged 13 to 15...
Cancer Screening camp was conducted at St. Anthony High School with the support of Navjeen Centre on 12th October, 2017 for sex workers STATISTICS Total No. of individuals Screened 82 Follow up cases 42 Rotary Club of bombay in partnership with CPAA is creating awareness for early detection through regular check ups. Our emphasis is on early detection of Oral...
Tobacco is one of the world leading killers. 1/3 people use tobacco in India. 15% children use tobacco. 29% of school personnel use tobacco in school. Every shop has displayed tobacco advertisements. Tobacco is responsible for almost half of all cancer diagnoses in men and a quarter of all cancer diagnoses in women. Children in...
Bhavishya Yaan students of the Byculla East Municipal School celebrated Ganpati festival with a message for society reaching 100 people through a performance and around 2000 through leaflet distribution, posters and banners. Ganpati Festival is among the most auspicious festivals celebrated in Maharashtra during the month of September. For Mumbai, this ten day festival is an...
Rotary club of Bombay celebrated World NO TOBACCO DAY at CST station by creating an awareness campaign in association with Salaam Bombay, reaching more than 2500 people through the day. World Health Organization (WHO) started World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) to create awareness among the masses about widespread prevalence of tobacco use and its negative health...
Creating Cancer Awareness one step at a time! The Rotary Club of Bombay - Cancer Aid Committee, participated in the District 3141 Cancer awareness program held at Lala Lajpatrai auditorium on 1st February 2017. Rtn. Madhusudan Daga, Chairperson - Cancer Aid Committee, presented a report on the activities of the committee. Addressing an audience of over...
To raise awareness on cancer and it’s early detection, Cancer Aid Committee, along with Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA), held a camp at Nagpada police station, where 95 police men and women were checked and screened for oral, prostate, breast and cervical cancer. CPAA is a registered, charitable organization that works towards total management of cancer...
The Cancer Aid Committee organized an Anti-Tobacco Drawing Competition for 7th class students at Byculla Municipal School on 26th December 2016. This was done to raise awareness of harmful effects of tobacco on health. The committee gave exciting prizes to the participants and the top three winners will be given a chance to make the upcoming...
Anti Tobacco Awareness sessions have been commenced by 4 team members of Salaam Bombay foundation at the Byculla School supported by our Bhavishya Yaan programme. This programme will have multiple sessions over next 4-5 months covering all children in 7th-9th standard to make them aware of harmful effects of tobacco. The attempt is to communicate the...
On 20th October, the Cancer Aids Committee organized its third free screening camp in association with the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) and Bhavishya Yaan at the Colaba Municipal School. President Dr. Mukesh Batra, who visited the camp, enquired about the various tests undertaken and statistics, while assessing the set-up and the scope of the...
The committee will continue to provide its contribution towards treatment of cancer patients at Tata Memorial and other Hospitals. A sum of `4.25 lakhs has been used so far. The committee expanded its scope of activities by conducting the following: 1. A Party for children from cancer and their parents was organized at the Radio Club...