Alinafe Cervical Cancer Screening
In 2014 Cancer Survivors Quest help a pilot project, where we screened over 200 women for Cervical cancer for free, this was used as a litmus test to see if CSQ can manage to offer the service to the general population. From 2015 we started offering the service depending on funds that CSQ could was able to raise, in 2016 we renamed the project to Alinafe Matebule Cervical Cancer programme; in memory of Alinafe Matebule who was diagnosed with cervical cancer and was told to go home and die, she instead went home and started spreading awareness to her friends and advising them to go for screening. She unfortunately succumbed to cancer after a long year battle
Celebrate Life
There are many challenges that cancer patients and guardians as they are receiving treatment, Celebrate Life tries to address the psychosocial needs that patients may have as they are undergoing treatment in the public hospitals of the nation. Members will donate general items such as food, grocery items that may be needed during their stay in the hospital. We visit the hospital once a month and hold a party with the patients and guardians, where we sing and talk to the guardians, answering any questions they may have and demystifying cancer. The concept we hold is that anyone alive should celebrate the fact that they are alive disregarding life’s unfortunate circumstances.
Hospital Visits
One a week we try to visit patients that have been admitted in both the government and private hospitals. In Malawi Cancer Patients are admitted for short stay at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is a government hospital and Mwaiwathu Private hospital. The needs obviously vary, in the private hospitals we offer counselling where as in the government hospital we offer counselling and where necessary patient support.
CSQ Cancer Awareness
One of CSQ’s major objective is that of spreading awareness we do this using three (3) main methods:
Cancer talks
We offer cancer talks all over the country in areas which CSQ can identify but also on call by patients, individual and organisations and we teach them one to one or as a group in the comfort of their own space at no charge.
Door to Door
We also take our time in spreading awareness by going door to door and talking to individuals and answering questions but also helping them overcome fears they may have about cancer in the short time that we may have with them.
Patient Support
In Malawi in general most Malawians will live on less than one dollar ($1) a day, so when diagnosed with cancer the financial challenges are immense. Patients require assistance with medication when out of stock, food, basic necessities which CSQ tries to provide, funds for patient support are raised by selling awareness materials which we sell door to do and by using our social media platforms.
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Our Founder
Meet the Founder who work's behind the scenes, but also makes time to be on the ground
Chikhulupiliro Ng'ombe, Founder, CSQShort introduction of your cancer history and your decision to start the NGO