With cancer being the leading cause of death in Zimbabwe – every little counts! The Elizabeth Chanakira Cancer Trust (‘ECCT’) was founded in 2011 to support marginalised cancer patients and their families with medical costs; school fees/other school needs for one child per family; food hampers and any other necessities required by a family affected … Continue reading
Hello all! How the year is flying. We can’t believe that we have already entered October. Happy new month to you! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So many of us have been touched by Breast Cancer either through battling it ourselves or watching a family member; friend or colleague face it. What are you … Continue reading
At ECCT, we wanted to share a short snippet of how Tapiwa (in image above), one of the young men we support has been doing. His mum, Sipelile – who we supported with medications for her cervical cancer sadly passed away 2 years ago(see picture of his mother below). We then started supporting Tapiwa with … Continue reading
Happy November to you all! We hope that your year is going well and that as you head towards the end of it – you continue to feel grateful for being blessed with another year. We are happy to announce that we are now helping to support two new cancer affected people. The first is … Continue reading
Hello everyone and we hope you are having a great start to September! July and August were amazing months for the Elizabeth Chanakira Cancer Trust (‘ECCT) patients and their families as there were several fundraising efforts made in Harare and Victoria Falls, in Zimbabwe. There were two Flat Tummy classes held in Harare on 29 … Continue reading
We hope that you have all had a good week so far! We are so excited to have our official flier for the Flat Tummy classes for Victoria Falls ready (see image above). Founder of Fitness To A Tee – Teurai Chanakira – will be hosting various exercise and nutrition classes to help local Victoria … Continue reading
In July and August 2016, we are happy to be holding another year of Fitness To A Tee flat tummy classes for the benefit of the ECCT patients/families. This year we have added another city and will be hosting classes in Victoria Falls, in conjunction with the Victoria Falls Hotel and contributing to several marginalised, … Continue reading
A snapshot from last year’s class in Harare. *Image: Capture World Studios. In July and August 2016, we are happy to be holding another year of Fitness To A Tee flat tummy classes for the benefit of the ECCT patients/families. This year we have added another city and will be hosting classes in Victoria Falls, in … Continue reading
ECCT has had a great year of hard work and doing our best to support the four marginalised cancer patients and/or their families who we assist with food hampers, medical costs and school fees for their children. In this blog, we summarise the highlights of the year gone by. Fundraising events Carlton United Breweries Punters’ … Continue reading
When we hear the two words ‘breast cancer’, we often shudder. So many have been affected by this disease, be it directly or indirectly through experiencing it themselves, watching someone go through it, losing someone to it and so forth. Thus the Shona title to this blog –‘ndezvedu tese’ meaning it’s for all of us. … Continue reading
