Physical Health Nigeria Project #31709

St. Cyril Initiative for Patients' Support (SCIPS)

by St. Cyril Cancer Treatment Foundation

Project Report | Nov 5, 2022
SCIPS is at 70% of our current goalll

By Moji Animashaun | Project leader

Our SCIPS patient, Mrs O getting a check for che

Hello dear Friends of St Cyril,

As we inch towards the end of the year let us seize the opportunity to once again thank you our globalgiving donors for your generous donations to our patient support program, SCIPS.

2022 has been our best year with SCIPS.

We have financially supported aboutt 10 patients this year either partially or fully.
We have had over 300 counselling sessions both with our patients and others who need answers
We had a workshop for counsellors on oncology counseling with almost 20 participants and are in the process of putting together an information booklet
Out of SCIPS has been born OMIFAC so we can build a larger cancer center for radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery

All of this is only possible because you are helping us to make it happen! Yet there is so much more we can do. For every patient we helped with treatment, there are 3 more we had to turn away because we cannot help them. Help us to improve on our great success of 2022. Let's close the care gap further so more patients can receive treatment! Play your part by:

Continuing your donation
Inviting 10 of your friends and family to join our cause using this link

Have a super, super day and a great few weeks leading up to the holidays!

Cheers!

Moji

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Jul 6, 2022
INCORPORATING OMIFAC

By Korede Timson | Project Contributor

The problem of cancer care in Nigeria is multi-layered. St. Cyril Cancer Treatment Foundation is focused on the treatment aspect where the need is greatest. Patients often wait months or even years before they can start treatment. Some die waiting! A shortage of treatment centres and a lack of optimal care are at the core of ineffective therapy. Chemotherapy drugs are often given with no infusion pump to regulate the rate of these toxic drugs, risking severe and sometimes fatal side effects.

In lieu of this, we have been able to raise the sum of $6,809 of $10,000. This is a great feat since the inception of our S.C.I.P.S Initiative through the GlobalGiving platform and we would like to thank all our donors so far.

However, with the challenge of an acute shortage of brachytherapy units in Nigeria, approximately 98% short of Nigeria's World Health Organization recommendation. St Cyril Cancer Treatment Foundation initiated a project that'll further expand our reach to millions of Nigerians as both beneficiaries and benefactors. This will have a long-term impact and reduce the mortality of individuals with cervical cancer. Additionally, this project aligns with the WHO's SDGs #3 directly and Indirectly with the other 16 goals.

We will be expanding the project to incorporate the OMIFAC INITIATIVE.
OMIFAC is an acronym for One Million Individuals Fighting Against cancer.

It is an initiative organized by St. Cyril Cancer Treatment Foundation targeted at having one million people donate NGN1,000 monthly for the next 12 months (1 year) to build a brachytherapy Unit in Surulere, Lagos State and a Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Center in a centralised location in Nigeria. For this initiative, people will donate a little amount of money on a monthly basis for a year, and the money will be used to construct a brachytherapy unit and comprehensive cancer centre. We hope to raise funds and publicise the Initiative to Individuals and communities all over the world including corporate bodies.

We sincerely hope you'll be a part of this project and also bring friends and family on board. Thank you

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Mar 3, 2022
2022 so far.

By Korede Timson | Project Contributor

ST. CYRIL CANCER TREATMENT FOUNDATION

THE YEAR 2022!

February 28, 2022

So far, the year has gone well, and we've completed several fantastic projects. We convey our warmest greetings and express our gratitude to every one of our generous supporters.

During the first few months of the year, we have completed a number of projects, which ranges from the continuation of our target to give free cervical and breast screening to 1000 community women. Also, we had our first ever Doctor’s open house for our new cancer facility in Surulere, Lagos.

With the help of our volunteers and donors, we were able to achieve these goals. We express our gratitude for this.

First-quarter of 2022

JANUARY- Free Cervical Screenings and Breast Ultrasound

In 2018, the WHO developed its global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem. This strategy is made up of three key targets – the 90-70-90 targets – to be reached by 2030: 90% of girls fully vaccinated with HPV vaccine by age 15 years, 70% of women screened with a high-performance test by 35 years of age and again by 45 years of age, 90% of women identified with cervical disease receiving treatment (90% of women with precancer treated, and 90% of women with invasive cancer managed).

In order to meet this target, the foundation (In 2020) launched an initiative to provide free screenings to 1000 community women in Surulere, Mushin, and its environs. To progress on this, we partnered with Orange Health Medical initiative and we have screened over 300 women in total.

FEBRUARY

Doctor’s Open House

The doctor’s open house event held at our Cancer Facility in Surulere, Lagos on the 18th of February. The goal of the open house was to ensure that nearby hospitals/doctors and specialists are completely aware of the facility and ways of maximizing the resources of the facility for the sole purpose of helping cancer patients.

Also, to commemorate World Cancer Day, we participated in a cancer walk hosted by the Foundation for Cancer care on the 19th of February and the main aim of this walk was to sensitize and create awareness on the different types of Cancer.

ST. CYRIL INITIATIVE FOR PATIENTS’ SUPPORT

Not forgetting our St. Cyril Initiative for Patients’ Support (S.C.I.P.S), we have focused on ensuring Mrs Silver gets quality treatment, with her having little or no funding. Mrs Silver was referred to Eko Hospital and we supported her with over NGN300,000 for her Radiotherapy. We also committed to supporting Mrs Ifeanyi Juliet (also a S.C.I.P.S beneficiary) with the sum of NGN15,000 monthly (for 6 months) with her Chemotherapy drugs.

Furthermore, with the launching of our counselling care line in October 2021, we have given free counselling to over 40 individuals.

Thank you for your support so far.

We look forward to continue striving to make the best of impacts on humanity.

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