KidzCan has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs), food, and toiletries worth thousands of dollars to assist children with cancer at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Zimbabwe.
Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Daniel Mackenzie, stated that the donations were meant to shield children with cancer from Covid-19 infections.
‘For us, September is the month that we raise awareness on child cancer’, he told The Herald.
‘It is a time that we say to the world and communities that despite the fact that Covid-19 is here, cancer does not go away, it will always be here and these children will need more assistance now because of their immune system’.
Mackenzie said that his organisation was also providing sanitisers at all entry points to the children’s ward and also at nurses’ stations to ensure that the virus does not spread.
He added that there was a need to raise more awareness of cancer.
‘If the disease is detected earlier, their bodies can accept and tolerate chemotherapy. No child should die of cancer, they can all survive’, he said.
‘The challenge we have is that our children seek assistance when the cancer is at an advanced stage’.
Spokesman for the hospital Linos Dhire, who received the donations, said, ‘We would like to thank KidzCan for the donations that they made at the hospital particularly in that ward – that is where we have vulnerable children who are affected by cancer’.
Source: The Herald
Photo source: KidzCan
