World Cancer Day

Held on 4 February each year, World Cancer Day helps to raise awareness of cancer and how to prevent, detect or treat it.

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world, according to the WHO, which estimates that, without intervention, 84 million people will die of cancer between 2005 and 2015. Low-income and medium-income countries are harder hit by cancer than the high-resource countries. It is essential to address the world's growing cancer burden and to work on effective control measures.

World Cancer Day is part of the World Cancer Campaign, which responds to the Charter of Paris adopted at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium on February 4, 2000. It called for a strong alliance between researchers, health-care professionals, patients, governments, industry partners and the media to fight cancer.

Symbols

Did you know, there are different symbols that are used to help promote the fight against different types of cancers? For example, the pink ribbon is a global symbol of breast cancer awareness, while the orange ribbon is associated with child cancer awareness. Another example is the daffodil, which the American Cancer Society sees as a symbol of hope that people share for a future where cancer is no longer a life-threatening disease.

ASANDA SAYS

I hope you have all settled into 2012 and found your flow... To our friends back at school, remember this is your year to define your destiny! This month, there is love in the air!  We can’t help becoming just a little romantic on Valentine’s Day, and remember girls, it’s leap year!

As usual, we’ll be bringing you lots of interesting reads, but most importantly, watch out for the launch of our Foundation Phase Reading Scheme – we’re bubbling with excitement to tell you ALL about it!

World Cancer Day is also remembered during the month of February and our thoughts, love and support go out to cancer sufferers, their family and friends.  We wish you strength.

Thanks for staying in touch – we love hearing from you!

Peace, love and stay blessed

Asanda

MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 2011 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Congratulations to the Class of 2011, particularly those who performed well in the National Senior Certificate examinations. While many of you have succeeded in achieving the goals you set for yourself at school, you may still be unsure about what to do now. In addition, some of you may be disappointed with your results. This is not the time to give up. There are many options open to you to improve your results or to choose an alternative career path. You have completed at least twelve years of schooling that has been at considerable cost to yourselves, your parents, family and the country. You should not give up now, but should take responsibility to make use of every opportunity available to you to improve your life chances and to make your contribution to South Africa.

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