People Living with Cancer » Projects http://plwc.org.za PLWC website and blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spinnerthon http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/12/03/spinnerthon/ http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/12/03/spinnerthon/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:29:37 +0000 Hilly http://plwc.org.za/?p=5428 Spinnerthon held in memory of Christin Page.

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]]> http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/11/09/cape-town-bike-festival/feed/ 0 Cancervive Bike Ride http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/21/cancervive-bike-ride/ http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/21/cancervive-bike-ride/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:48:01 +0000 Hilly http://plwc.org.za/?p=5215 To see how the great the team is doing, please visit

http://www.cancervive.co.za/Videos.html

 

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Jani du Plessis

Vanaf 16 – 24 September gaan Janie du Plessis en Lillian Dube saam met ‘n groot groep mans en vroue wat kanker oorkom het of steeds kanker het, die land op motorfietse deurkruis om hulle stories te vertel.

“Toe ek die nuus kry dat ek met testikulêre kanker gediagnoseer is, het my lewe onmiddellik verander. Ek het nie verwag dat ek op die ouderdom van 13 so iets sou oorkom nie, en ek was te bang om by die huis daaroor te praat.” (Thembalethu Matrose – ouderdom, 23)

Ons leef in ‘n wêreld waar amper alles aanvaarbaar is, maar steeds is daar baie goed wat agter geslote deure gehou word; onderwerpe wat nie oop is vir gesprek of beraadslaging nie; dinge waaroor mense létterlik te skaam is om oor te praat.

Cancer.vive is ‘n spinternuwe kankerbewustheidsorganisasie wat poog om ten minste een van die deure oop te maak en die lig binne te laat; daai deur met die groot, rooi K opgeskryf. En nie sommer enige kanker nie, maar spesifiek die kanker wat mense te skaam is om openhartig oor te wees.

Ons organisasie bestaan uit ‘n groep brawe en kleurvolle individue wat almal bors-, prostaat-, ovariale- of testikulêre kanker (die sogenaamde ‘skaamkankers’) gehad het of steeds het. Hulle hoofdoel is om die bewustheid te skep dat mens wel kan oorleef van die siektes, en om die wat hulle geveg verloor het te eer. Andersyds gaan daar gepoog word om op groot skaal fondsinsamelings te hou wat die opvoedingstaak rondom die siekte kan vergemaklik; en ook om ondersteuningsnetwerke regoor Suid-Afrika te stig. Maar, uiteindelik wil die groep individue die lewe vier en hoop gee aan enigiemand daarbuite wat aan dieselfde siektes lei.

In September gaan die groep Cancer.vivers op motorfietse deur die land toer en by dorpe, stede en klein en afgeleë gemeenskappe aandoen. Nie nét om uitreikingswerk te doen nie, maar ook om hulle eie persoonlike worstelinge en oorwinnings met die mense van ons land te deel; om hulle landsgenote aan te moedig om nie skaam te wees oor kanker nie en om hulle aan te moedig om daaroor te praat.

Die uiteenlopende groep mense, met loopbane wat wissel van filmsterre, voormalige televisie-aanbieders, huisvroue en ma’s tot korporatiewe ghoeroes en onderwysers, is nie deel van die organisasie omdat hulle gevra is om betrokke te raak nie. Elkeen van hulle, so jonk as 23 of in hulle mid-sestigs, is ongelooflik passievol oor die projek:

“Ek glo in Cancer.vive se missie en vissie – hoe meer mense ons bereik, hoe meer lewens kan gespaar word.” (Sanette Venter – ouderdom, 42)

Hierdie intense passie om ‘n verskil te maak in ander mense se lewens word gedeel deur Linda Greeff en Carl Liebenberg, stigterslede van PLWC (People Living With Cancer). Toe hulle hoor van Cancer.vive het hulle gespring vir die geleentheid om betrokke te raak. PLWC is op 24 Oktober 2002 geregistreer, spesifiek met die doel om nasionale ondersteuningsnetwerke te ontwikkel vir mense wat met kanker gediagnoseer is en daarmee lewe. Die saamgesnoerde kragte van die twee organisasies is die sterkste wapenrusting wat enigiemand met kanker voor kan hoop; nie net vir hulleself nie, maar ook vir hulle vriende en familie wat ook ‘n goeie ondersteuningstruktuur nodig het. 

As jy dalk tussen die 16de en 24ste September êrens in ons land op die pad is, kyk uit vir dié brawe groep mans en vroue. Van Johannesburg tot Parys; Bloemfontein; Richmond en Stellenbosch, en ‘n paar pitstoppe tussenin – hulle sal daar wees om die goeie nuus te versprei. Maak seker jy loop dit nie mis nie; dit gaan een groot viering van die lewe wees!

Besoek gerus http://www.cancervive.co.za/index.html om meer te lees oor Cancervive.

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]]> http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/02/howzit-my-bra/feed/ 0 Cancervive Tea on 16 September at UJ http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/02/cancervive-tea-on-16-september-at-uj/ http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/02/cancervive-tea-on-16-september-at-uj/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:36:16 +0000 Hilly http://plwc.org.za/?p=5142 http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/09/02/cancervive-tea-on-16-september-at-uj/feed/ 0 CANCER.VIVE. – Survivors celebrating Life! http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/07/21/cancer-vive-survivors-celebrating-life/ http://plwc.org.za/blog/2011/07/21/cancer-vive-survivors-celebrating-life/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:12:34 +0000 Hilly http://plwc.org.za/?p=4945  

 

Basic Information:

 

General information              Cancer.vive is a special project of PLWC by a group of survivors who aim to create awareness of survivorship of this disease. Honouring those who have lost their battle and most importantly raise funds and awareness to fight the disease through education. Our main event is an annual countrywide motorcycle ride. The Cancer.vive ride of 2011 will have the “shy” cancers (breast, cervical, prostate and testicular) as a theme. These are the cancers that are difficult to discuss and especially in the rural areas to visited by Cancer.vive Ride of 2011. Survivors of these cancers who are able to communicate in 7 languages will reaching out and sharing with their fellow countrymen in far reaching areas of South Africa.

 

Founded                                 2011

 

About                                      Cancer survivors celebrating life through projects of awareness, education and fundraising.

 

Vision                                     Cancer.vive aims to become the most dynamic and colourful group of cancer survivors, who lead by example, in projects by celebrating life, through their hands on and personal participation in communities educating people about cancer and creating support structures and hope for cancer patients.

 

Description                             The volunteers of Cancer.vive, are cancer survivors celebrating life through projects of awareness, education and fundraising. 

The central project is an annual motor cycle ride through South Africa with cancer survivors, and friends and volunteers supporting them as the backup crew. 

We operate in affiliation with ‘People Living with Cancer’. 

We invite you to participate in this cause.

 

Mission                                   We are a group of cancer survivors, celebrating the life we have been given by showing people that there can be life after cancer; we do this through creating awareness for all types of cancers, and by raising funds for cancer education and the facilitation of cancer support groups in South Africa.

 

Email                                       Info@cancervive.co.za

 

Website                                   http://www.cancer.vive.co.za

 

Facebook                                http://www.facebook.com/cancer.vive

Twitter                                     http://twitter.com/#!/Cancervive_ride

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Metamorphosis for Frieda and her bike.
GEORGE HERALD, 16 June 2011.
When you see a custom spray-painted Softail Heritage Classic Harley Davidson with pink butterflies on it, don’t be surprised if the tail-end says, ‘Frieda – Survivor’.

Entering a new season of life and work, it seemed only right that Frieda Henning’s motorbike also underwent a metamorphosis in the last year.

As co-founder and later MD, Frieda retired from the organisation Journey of Hope in March after much soul searching in the wake of a serious motorbike accident last year.

“I believe a miracle took place in my body,” she says, leaving her a double survivor (from breast cancer and this accident) and even more determined to spend time doing the things she loves. And one such passion is making a difference in her new role as special projects co-ordinator for People Living With Cancer (PLWC).

This non-profit organisation, established in 2002, aims to provide a support structure for cancer survivors and their families across South Africa. They want greater collaboration between NGOs, especially those involved in cancer prevention, edu-cation and assistance.

Frieda is excited about the “cancer buddy groups” which carefully matches and individually pairs a person touched by cancer with someone who has fought and survived the same type of cancer, according to Carl Liebenberg and Linda Greeff, founders of PLWC. The hope is that buddy support will be available in every town in South Africa in the near future.

Frieda’s focus is on “Cancervive Cancer Ride”, a project that will bring awareness to “shy” cancers such as testicular, ovarian and cervical cancer, with cancer survivors riding their motorbikes from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

Five of these survivors come from George, which bodes well for the support cancer battlers will get in George.

In the meantime, Frieda is enjoying time spent with her husband, Ernst, children Anel and Chris, and grandchildren Zane, Kaelin, Keithon and Yani. She laughingly tells the story of Zane coming home from school complaining that his friends did not believe him that his ouma rode a motorbike.

Needless to say, the following day he could happily say, “I told you so” when not only Frieda, but Ernst also arrived to do the school run. So if anyone wondered whether she is hanging up her helmet anytime soon, rest assured: “I’ll never stop riding… it’s part of my therapy!” Frieda exclaims.

Firmly on the next leg of her survivor journey, some things have not changed. Frieda is still determined to enjoy and “celebrate life”, enjoying sushi as a treat, drinking “God se koeldrank” (which is what her mom called water), and reminding people that whatever life throws at them, “we all have choices, so choose to never give up and turn a negative into a positive!”

For more information about PLWC, “Cancervive” and the cancer buddy groups, visit http://www.plwc.org.za/ or e-mail Frieda on frieda@mweb.co.za.
ARTICLE AND PHOTOS: LEEANNE PRATT

 

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