Participants taking part in the ‘Ladies Walk the Park’ breast cancer awareness campaign.
DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF), in collaboration with the Qatar Cancer Society (QCS), on Thursday held ‘Ladies Walk the Park’ breast cancer awareness campaign, that aims at driving participants to embrace a healthier lifestyle and become familiar with both the causes of breast cancer and effective prevention methods.
The event was attended by a large number of participants of all ages, in addition dignitaries including Eljazi Mohammed Al Kuwari, Chairman of the Executive Office at the Gulf Disability Society, Suhaila Al Harb, Head of the Qatari Businesswomen Association, and Seham Al Awami, Director of Special Projects at the International Centre for Sport Security and Save the Dream programme. An interactive breast cancer awareness seminar was also held accompanied by a question and answer session.
‘Curves’ weight loss centre, the sponsor of this year’s campaign, awarded winners of the question and answer session with vouchers, and engaged participants in a 10 minute warm-up session to prepare them for the one to two kilometre walk, around Aspire Park, that followed.
This partnership with Curves, is part of Aspire Zone’s efforts to encourage women to become more active, given that exercise plays an important role in boosting the body’s immune system, and preventing from breast cancer.
Lolwa Al Marri, head of Events at Aspire Zone Foundation, said, “We are excited to host the ‘Ladies Walk the Park’ campaign. We are also proud to partner with the Qatar Cancer Society for the second consecutive year, to mark the breast cancer awareness month.”
“We’re pleased to see an increasing number of participation this year, and this proves that females are more inclined to educate themselves about breast cancer, and are interested to help with raising awareness,” Al Marri added.
Ghada Samir, one of the participants at the event, said: “This is my first time participating at such an event, and I’m glad I took part this year. This is not my first time hearing about breast cancer of course, but this seminar had added more to what I had already known about the disease. For example, I now know that breast cancer doesn’t only affect females, it also affect males but in a smaller ratio, 1 male to 100 females. In addition, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer to cause death among females in Qatar and worldwide.”
