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The country’s leading media group Zimpapers will on 5 November host a walk to raise awareness on cancer.
The company has been heavily involved in cancer awareness during the month of October, dedicated for Breast Cancer awareness. The walk, to be held in Harare, is viewed as a way of not only raising awareness about cancer but also as a means of encouraging exercise and healthy lifestyles among the public.
Lifestyle diseases including cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and others have become leading killers of people in a highly stressful environment.
“The 5km Power Walk will start at Herald House in the city centre to Old Hararians Sports Club starting at 6:00 am. There will be other activities until 12:00 noon,” said the company’s Public Relations and Corporate Affairs Manager Beatrice Tonhodzayi.
She added: “The Power Walk will be open to adults of all ages, race and creed. There is going to be free cancer screening, BP checks and HIV testing where the walk will end. This is to encourage a more holistic way of life which sees the public taking an interest in knowing their full health status. These will take place while a Zumba instructor will be taking people through the session.”
Registration for the walk will be $5. The company this month held at Tackie Day, where employees across the country put on tackies coming to work. Funds raised in the initiatives will be donated to organisations that work with cancer issues and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Island Hospice.
Bongani Ndlovu