Raising funds for a mobile mammography unit
for the women of Egypt
Breast cancer accounts for 33% of all cancers in Egyptian women.
More Egyptian women die from breast cancer than in car accidents.
Every year more than 18,000 woman are diagnosed with breast cancer in Egypt and those are the ones who went to their doctor; the large majority die without being diagnosed and keep their physical symptoms secret due to lack of knowledge about the disease and social fears.
Just Because not only wants to raise money to provide essential equipment but also to enhance the work of awareness raising organisations within Egypt enabling women to talk to trained staff about their concerns, find out more about treatments available and make informed choices.
Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives for Just Because as a fundraising charity focus around everybody involved in bellydance worldwide working as individuals and or groups to support the work of the charity by promoting it and more importantly donating profits to it.
Internationally in the belly dance world dancers attend dance workshops and a variety of events the most popular being Haflas (parties) where they can perform and watch dance performance. Events such as these provide ideal opportunities to link dancers worldwide through a network of on-line communities such as www.bhuz.com and also dance festivals worldwide. In addition we can access international dance publications and email mailing lists with publicity materials promoting the charity and the work it supports.
Groups and individuals can organise their own events under the Just Because banner, with us providing information on the charity including the Just Because logo. Details of their event are to be listed on the web site with an ongoing diary page to include details and images from Just Because events worldwide.
In addition our intention is to access Arab speaking communities worldwide through the dance networks.
As an established charity this will allow us to have collection tins which we can supply to UK events and vendors of costumes who attend most events. We already have a network of organisers and traders.
Tracey Gibbs
Trustee
Mammography - what is it?
Mammography is a specific type of imaging that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. A mammography exam, called a mammogram, is used to aid in the diagnosis of breast diseases in women.
Mammograms are used as a screening tool to detect early breast cancer in women experiencing no symptoms and to detect and diagnose breast disease in women experiencing symptoms such as a lump, pain or nipple discharge.
Mammography plays a central part in early detection of breast cancers because it can show changes in the breast up to two years before a patient or physician can feel them. Research has shown that annual mammograms lead to early detection of breast cancers, when they are most curable and breast-conservation therapies are available.
A mammography unit is a rectangular box that houses the tube in which x-rays are produced. The unit is used exclusively for x-ray exams of the breast, with special accessories that allow only the breast to be exposed to the x-rays. Mammography units housed within a vehicle allow screening to be conducted in multiple areas thereby reaching more women.
The procedure work by X-rays, a form of radiation like light or radio waves, which pass through most objects, including the body. Once the device is carefully aimed at the part of the body being examined, an x-ray machine produces a small burst of radiation that passes through the body, recording an image on photographic film or a special image recording plate.
For further information on mammograms and breast cancer screening visit: www.breastcancercare.org.uk
