Our Mission … Our Heart

 To educate and support women as advocates to encourage early detection of breast cancer to reduce mortality in under served countries without benefit of diagnostic imaging.

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In place already is a partnership with Malawi’s Catholic Women’s Organization (CWO) with the Diocese of Mangochi who submitted approval for a Comprehensive Breast Exam (CBE) and basic patient Navigation training completed in May, 2018, targeting remote communities without resources for early breast cancer detection.  The rural population based data is incomplete, though commonly held that the high mortality (100%) from breast cancer is due to lack of education, transportation, cultural stigmas, lack of support and other barriers to care. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in women in Mangochi. We have a strong and growing cooperation with the local ministry of health and the Catholic Church which are the main source of medical and educational venues to give this program the sustainability needed. The CWO routinely brings outside medical experts to address health care disparity and invited a breast care and cancer registered nurse (Melissa Nye RN) to address these barriers and train in viable and sustainable solutions to overcome these obstacles.

Each locale is individually assessed for needs. Through careful planning a program is developed to:
1. Train local medical providers and remote women on education, navigation, and clinical breast exams (often as a first line of diagnostics when imaging is not available).
2. Create a pathway (navigation program) once a lump is discovered.
3. Supply tools and continued support through ‘train-the-trainers’, basic/advanced navigation, and ongoing support.
4. Educational and motivational teen program to create a new generation of women and men understanding the need to overcome barriers for better system of saving lives through education.
5. All new programs name and take over management of their breast advocacy system for sustainable and continued growth.
6. And more…