Zurak Cancer Foundation

On World Cancer Day, our Tamale Team visited the Tamale Children’s Home located at Yohani to donate assorted items and raise awareness on Childhood Cancer.

The impact evaluations for the Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January follows two (2) different aspects of our awareness programs. Zurak Cancer Foundation has leveraged its social media presence to create awareness on cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV). With regards to our social media platforms we considered our total reach on Facebook during the awareness program and we recor ded 35,064. For Instagram, we recorded 3,051. During the awareness campaign we made 14 posts regarding cervical cancer awareness during our evaluations for Twitter and WhatsApp, we multiplied our followers by the number of posts we made during the awareness campaign. Therefore, we recorded 1,596 for Twitter and 1,232 for WhatsApp. We estimated an impact evaluation of 1,500 during our market invasion events for Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. Finally, our total impact for the January Cervical Cancer Awareness Month stands at 42,443.

The World Cancer Day is a day set aside by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals and objectives of the World Cancer Declaration, which was written in the year 2008. It is an international day marked on 4th of February every year to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. The day was set aside by the international community to increase awareness and education on cancer with the slogan "We can. I can". This year’s World Cancer Day event in Kumasi was a special one as two Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Zurak Cancer Foundation (ZCF) and Institute of Research and Community Planning Ghana (IRCP_GH), partnered to donate some items to the Pediatric Oncology Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi of the Ashanti Region on the Sunday, February 4, 2018 at about 10:00am. Zurak Cancer Foundation (ZCF) is a policy-oriented and service delivery Non-Governmental Organization p...

On World Cancer Day, we interacted with students at various Islamic Schools within the Nima - Kanda community to discuss Hepatitis virus and the best way to prevent the spread of the disease.

The Administrative Team held a meeting with Johnson & Johnson today to discuss our SWOT Analysis, SMART Goals and how best to work together to support the organization.

This year, we developed a strategy to take our market invasion to the Agbobloshie Market; the largest market in Accra, Ghana. The market is a cosmopolitan environment where dwellings are wooden shacks that lack water and sanitation. The area is also home to armed robbers, prostitutes, drug dealers and others involved in underground markets. Crime and disease run rampant throughout Agbogbloshie, creating an almost uninhabitable environment for humans. Outsiders have nicknamed the area “Sodom and Gomorrah,” after two condemned Biblical cities, due to the harsh living conditions in Agbogbloshie. We are looking forward to to implement our strategies at the market to provide solutions to cancer prevalence in the community.

We have successfully completed our selection process out of the high numbers we recorded for the interview session. We are so excited about the candidates we selected for the One Year Volunteer Program. We have selected individuals with exceptional qualities and commitment to change. Based on our selection, we developed a strategy to have control over the southern, middle and northern belt of the country as we are looking forward to capture the whole of Ghana when we are 5 years in operation. Next year, we will be 4 years and we strongly believe this is the best beginning.

The CEOs of Zurak Cancer Foundation, Abdul Samed Zurak and Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT), Ms. Osayi Alile together with Ndifreke Okwuegbunam, Head of Programmes, ACT Foundation met today at Labadi Beach Hotel to discuss the prospects of expanding ACT Foundation’s projects in Ghana. Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is a grant making organization established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non - profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent. Their vision is to leverage relationships to create effective social impact solutions across Africa, with a Mission to build sustainable societies by engaging initiatives that unleash potential and empowers beneficiaries. Their focus areas for intervention are Health, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Leadership. It’s a great pleasure meeting with the ACT Foundation team and we are looking forward to great collaborations on projects soon.

Interview Session: Judge One Abdul Samed Zurak - CEO of Zurak Cancer Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Scholar & One Young World Ambassador. Interview Session: Judge Two Emily Sheldon  - Director of Health Innovation (Impact Hub Accra) & Africa Lead (Impact Hub) Interview Session: Judge Three Ibrahim Rauf - Finance Decision Support Analyst (Vodafone), Head of Prostate Cancer Team & Administrative Director (Zurak Cancer Foundation)

We would like to express our profound to each and every individual who applied for our One Year Volunteer Program. Successful applicants have been shortlisted and further details has been sent via email. We will also give a phone call to the successful applicants.  Congratulations  & Thank You For Believing In Us!

For the last day of the One Young World Summit, we had the opportunity to listen to individuals promoting peace and reconciliation in Columbia and across the world. Sergio Londoño Zurek, Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia & Director General of the Presidential Agency for International Cooperation of Colombia, APC-Colombia shared his story on how he formed part of the peaceful negotiaition between the government of Columbia t he rebels. It was an inspiring moment to listen to young individuals in Columbia leading the development processes in the country. The next session featured the future of Columbia where individuals who played active role during the peace process between the government and FARC guerrilla. The session was hosted by Angela Anzola High Commissioner for Peace and Victims, Colombia with panelist such as Daniel Duque-Velásquez, who was part of a social movement that supported the process and demanded a political solution of armed conflict. He led a large youth moveme...

It is very inspiring to listen to businesses driving change to solve the problems affecting the world. We had the opportunity to listen to the stories of great companies like L’Oreal, Accenture and Johnson & Johnson. Annet Eijkelkamp, Director of Employee Engagement of the Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact Group (EMEA) region and Amy Richmond,  Director of Child Protection in Emergencies – International Programs, Save the Children share the impact Johnson & Johnson and Save The Children are making into the lives of children. It is with great pride to be part of the Johnson & Johnson Scholarship Program at the One Young World Summit as we join hands to together to support Save The Children initiative to provide solutions to the problems facing children around the world by donating a photo and with every photo we donate Johnson & Johnson donates a dollar to the Save The Children initiative. Moreover, as part of the Johnson & Johnson One Young Worl...