Philanthropy

12 Jul 23

Women of Otwekwa educated and screened for breast cancer

Women of Otwekwa within the Agona Swedru Municipality in the Central Region have been educated and screened for breast cancer. Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) put together the exercise as it intensifies the fight against the disease. Women in the deprived community turned up in their numbers to undertake the…

03 Jul 23

Breast cancer patient passes-on

After battling breast cancer for over a year, 59-year-old Esther Kwabea has given up the ghost. Madam Kwabea would have lost her life to breast cancer in 2022 if not for the timely intervention of Crime Check Foundation (CCF) she lived on for a year. In April 2022, the widow…

03 Jul 23

MBCF screens Mangoase residents for breast cancer

Hundreds of women at Mangoase in the Central Region have turned up to screen their breasts during an exercise held in the community. Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) organized the screening exercise as part of its community sensitization outreaches. MBCF was established to support breast cancer patients to undergo treatment…

27 Jun 23

MBCF screens residents, hawkers at McCarthy and Mallam for breast cancer

The Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) has screened approximately ten thousand women, a year after its establishment, its Executive Director, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng has said. Mr. Kwarteng noted that MBCF’s resolve to tackle breast cancer throughout the year to help decimate the loss of life is not just paying lip…

16 Jun 23

MBCF assists breast cancer patient who pays almost Ghc 5000 weekly for treatment

40-year-old Cornelia Avenu’s business has died as a result of the high cost of treating breast cancer, which has attacked her right breast. Though she detected it early, she still has to pay close to Five Thousand Ghana cedis every week for Chemotherapy. “A session of Chemotherapy costs One Thousand…

28 Apr 23

MBCF educates Kwanyako SHS student on Breast Cancer

As part of efforts to create awareness, the Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) has educated the students of Kwanyako Senior High School on breast cancer. They were taken through breast examination with help from partnering nurses from the Oncology Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching hospital. A breast cancer survivor, Joycelyn…

17 Apr 23

CCF pays for radiotherapy treatment of breast cancer patient

Having lost one of her breasts, Maria Abubakar was totally despaired for fear of losing the second breast and eventually, her life. The breast cancer patient who is in her 50s could not afford treatment till she contacted Meena Breast Cancer Foundation (MBCF) for assistance. Madam Abubakar told crimecheckghana.org that…

Dora Owusu is fighting breast cancer 14 years after losing one breast

23 Feb 23

Trader battles breast cancer after 14 years of losing a breast

Grimacing slightly, she runs her forefinger over the top of her left breast, where a deep hole has opened inside. Dora Owusu has battled breast cancer for 14 years. “About 14 years ago, I had a discomfort in my breast so I visited the hospital, and after several tests, I…

01 Feb 23

My friends think cancer is contagious, they don’t pick up my calls – Patient laments

With a lot of unanswered questions, a 30-year-old home-care nurse has had to accept her new normal. Georgina Lutterodt was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022. “I shivered when the doctor broke the news to me, at the young age of 29, where from this disease?” she questioned. The single…

Afua Pedenima is not giving up on fighting breast cancer to save her life

01 Feb 23

Hairdresser loses right breast to cancer, disease reappears after 3 years

Seated on a waiting chair at the Meena Breast Cancer Foundation’s (MBCF) office is a neatly dressed woman, Afua Pedenima, with three others. She has her face buried in her palm as she hams to a song playing on the television set. Her hands and feet look darker than the…

Women of Otwekwa educated and screened for breast cancer

Breast cancer patient passes-on

MBCF screens Mangoase residents for breast cancer

MBCF screens residents, hawkers at McCarthy and Mallam for breast cancer

MBCF assists breast cancer patient who pays almost Ghc 5000 weekly for treatment

MBCF educates Kwanyako SHS student on Breast Cancer

CCF pays for radiotherapy treatment of breast cancer patient

Trader battles breast cancer after 14 years of losing a breast

My friends think cancer is contagious, they don’t pick up my calls – Patient laments

Hairdresser loses right breast to cancer, disease reappears after 3 years

XMAS PARTY: MBCF collaborates with CCF to fete beneficiaries

Bronx branch of CAC donates to save pregnant breast cancer patient

Free ultrasound and mammogram will help poor patients

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