Cancer screening in Bangladesh: A coffee...or a life?

Want to help save a life for LESS than the price of a cup of coffee? Read on....

Hi there - my name is Julie and I'm fundraising towards a breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening project being run by the Rotary Club of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

About me: I'm Bangladeshi by birth but have grown up in the UK. I've grown up knowing access to healthcare is very different in the UK from that in Bangladesh.

A personal story: When visiting Bangladesh as a child I made friends with a little girl called Rabeya in a small village there. We played together, had fun together - we even raised a disabled goat together! But as we grew into adults, our lives grew apart. And then, one day, I heard Rabeya had died: she didn't get access to healthcare when she needed it. So now I want to do something to help women in Bangladesh, especially poorer women in rural areas, get screened for two of the most common cancers: breast and cervical cancer.

The project: I'm a member of the Rotary Club of Canterbury, and our Club has recently

donated towards an amazing project being run by the Rotary Club of Dhaka: under the title "Vision - 2037", the Dhaka Club has a 15 year plan, launched in 2022, to help reduce the fatality rate from breast and cervical cancer to 'zero'. They aim to achieve this by running awareness campaigns and screening camps.

How YOU can help: It costs around £3 to screen each person - less than the price of a cup of coffee on the High Street. So I'm asking you, if you can, to donate the price of one - or better, SEVERAL- cups of coffee. Each £3 donated has the potential to save a life. Wouldn't that be marvellous?

My target: I've set my sights on a reachable target - £300 would cover the cost of screening ONE HUNDRED women and that would be amazing. But it would be even more amazing if I could beat that target. Please help me do that!

Go on, help save a life, and know you've done something good today.

(Picture: Rotary Club of Dhaka, reproduced with permission)