TM drives cancer awareness campaign

particu­lar attention paid to cervical cancer and pool­ing funds towards refurbishment of Tariro Home for Cancer Patients.
Tariro Home for Cancer Patients is housed at Parirenyatwa Hospital and is meant to accommodate patients from out of Harare who undergo treatment at the referral centre.
The funds raised would also be channelled towards procurement of drugs to those who cannot afford, development of information materials such as brochures, commencement of screening for cervical cancer and com­mencement of research on cancer in Zim­babwe.
“TM Supermarkets identified women as the main decision makers in the households and key customers for the business,” said TM’s chief operating officer Mr Bisset Chimhini.
“As such, it was a worthwhile cause to bring awareness and knowledge of cancer and its var­ious forms to society.
“TM seeks to bring real value to the Zimbab­wean community not only through retail activ­ities, but by equipping its cus­tomers with invaluable knowledge on life and as such creat­ing life-long customers for the business.”
As part of its activities for this year, last Fri­day TM employees were wearing branded can­cer T-shirts and ribbons in commemora­tion of cervical cancer.
Till operators were also giving out pam­phlets on cervical cancer to shoppers and those with credit notes were also given an option to drop them in a donation box.