Women’s car rally to spread word about cancer among children

April 25th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS  

New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A group of 22 women, including some cancer survivors, will participate in an inter-state car rally to raise awareness about the disease and generate funds for children suffering from it, an organiser said here Monday.

The rally being held by NGO CanKids will be flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at 8.30 a.m. from her 1, Moti Lal Nehru residence Tuesday. Dikshit will also interact with children suffering from cancer and their families.

The All Women’s Car Rally will cross four states - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh - spreading awareness about cancer,and chiefly that 70-90 percent of cancers among children are curable.

The participants come from diverse backgrounds but there is one common factor that binds them - they all have been touched by cancer.

“They are either cancer survivors, parents of children suffering from cancer or care-givers to cancer patients,” said an organiser.

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