Georgina Y. Baidoo Foundation

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Annually, over 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer worldwide, a leading cause of death for children around the world. The majority of these children are in low and middle-income countries like Ghana, where ~1300 new cases are expected each year. Lack of diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, and lack of access to effective treatment all contribute to deaths that could be avoided for children with cancer from families who are unabl...e to afford it. The Georgina Y Baidoo Foundation exists to support children with cancer from underprivileged families in Ghana to receive diagnostics and treatment to help improve their chances of better outcomes. We are so grateful for our supporters whose donations have enabled us to contribute $4000 so far this year to the pediatric oncology clinic at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. In these unprecedented times of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided not to host a fundraiser this year. If you would still like to donate, you may do so on our website: https://www.baidoofoundation.ca/donate Be well!

The Georgina Y Baidoo Foundation would like to wish all of our supporters a very Merry Christmas and a happy & healthy New Year in 2020! We celebrated our 5 year anniversary as a registered charity this year and have so much to be grateful for. Because of your support, our little charity has been able to accomplish much and help so many children in need who are battling cancer in Ghana. In the past 5 years, through our fundraising activities and your generous donations, we’ve raised $24,500! This has helped to treat 956 children with cancer at the KATH pediatric oncology clinic in Kumasi, Ghana over this period! Thank you for your continued support! We look forward to doing more in the years ahead!

Thanks for your continued support to help achieve this WHO goal in Ghana https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-aims-at-60-percent-sur/

MARGARET Margaret is an inhabitant of Atonsu-Buokro, a village in the Ashanti region of Ghana. She was nine months old when she was diagnosed with Sacroccygeal teratoma, a subgroup of Germ cell tumor which is a type of childhood cancer. Margaret was born with a right gluteal mass and her mother realized that the mass had started to grow in size when she was nine months old which she immediately reported to the Kumasi South Hospital where she was given medications and later re...ferred to KATH for further management. At KATH, she was diagnosed with cancer which was a big blow to her mother. After both parents were counselled about the treatment and the cost involved, Margaret’s mother who was unemployed said based on their current financial standing they would need to defer treatment since they could not currently afford it. But upon being educated on the support being offered by the Georgina Y Baidoo Foundation, they were very relieved and decided to commence treatment. Four months after having started chemotherapy, my child looks well, said Margaret’s mother, and I thank the Georgina Y Baidoo Foundation for their kindness towards my child in terms of the support for the chemotherapy and the laboratory support. God bless the entire team of the GeorginaY Baidoo Foundation. See more