A non-profit organisation committed to empowering underprivileged children and poor widows, ROCK Foundation for Widows, Orphans & Less Privileged (ROFWOL) has called for support for cancer patients and expressed the need to eliminate the disease.
The founder, Mrs. Favour Chika-Okafor, made the call in a statement outlining plans by the foundation to commemorate its 22nd anniversary in charitable works, and 12 years as a registered trust foundation.
To mark the anniversary, she said plans by the foundation had reached advance stage to tackle cervical cancer and related ailments affecting underprivileged Nigerians, particularly children and widows.
According to her, the cervical cancer programme and screenings, like other activities of the Foundation, would be offered free of charge.
She noted that the programme would cost huge amount of money, but said the cost would not deter the Foundation. She said: “When there is a will and commitment, there will always be a way, especially since the project is meant to affect humanity positively, and better the lives of the underprivileged. And more importantly, the project enjoys divine support, through well-meaning Nigerians.
“It is a non-profit activity to mark 22 years of touching lives positively. ROFWOL is creating awareness on cervical cancer, prevention and treatment, and will give free PAP Smear screening tests to poor widows, poor women, and sexually exposed girls.”
On how to raise the needed fund, she said: “Raising the fund is secondary. The most important thing is that we are driven by commitment, passion and strong desire to succeed. With these basic qualities, other needs, including finance by our support partners, will follow seamlessly. We expect that corporate bodies and individuals will be equally committed to our campaign of eliminating or minimising the deadly impact of cervical cancer….
No doubt, they will support us. We will be bringing some of them together on Sunday, December 10, in Lagos to brief them on ROFWOL’s cervical cancer campaign and to solicit their support.
“At ROFWOL, we are ready and willing to commit all we have to make the project succeed. However, the amount required is enormous, hence, we are reaching out to all Nigerians, corporate and individuals, to support this laudable campaign against cervical cancer. To us, no contribution is too small, as all contributions will add up to make the desired great impact. She said the Foundation had impacted humanity in diverse ways, including scholarships for indigent pupils and students.”