Invitation
to Cancer support group meetings
The
South Durban community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) will be hosting meeting
to develop Cancer Support Group for the residents of south Durban - also known
as ‘Cancer Valley’. These meetings will be in these three different
communities: Wentworth, Merebank and Bluff. This disease is extremely on the
rise in these communities. These communities are neighbours to two major oil
refineries, big paper mill and a cluster of small chemical factories and
industries.
The
south Durban communities continue to find themselves: choking on noxious fumes,
suffering pollution-related illness, and rapidly deteriorating neighbourhoods. This environment has such negative health impacts such as asthma,
cancer and respiratory related diseases.
The objective of forming cancer support group is
to help the sufferers and provide the necessary guidance and advice to those people
about affected by this disease. Those people affected directly and indirectly will
need to be part of a support structure where they can share what they are going
through and also get professional advice and assistance in the process.
These meetings are meant for cancer patients,
cancer survivors, family, friends and caregivers. If you would like to be part
of these cancer support group meetings please contact Thando Mbeje on 031
4611991 / thando@sdceango.co.za
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