The Sena Anku Memorial Foundation has donated GHS10,000 to two cancer patients at the National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine to mark its 9th anniversary.
The day, March 12, 2021, also marked the 10th anniversary of the burial of the late Sylvia Sena Anku, in whose memory the foundation was formed.
The foundation has also committed to offering additional financial support to these two patients until they recover fully.
The board of the foundation appealed to well-meaning individuals to join hands with the foundation and donate so as to enable the foundation to continue to carry out its mission and save more lives.
The bank details of the Foundation are as follows; Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Accra Main branch. Bank name: Sena Anku Memorial Foundation. Account number: 9040000679199
Each donor will be given a copy of the autobiography of Sena’s mother, Grace Amenyogbeli.
About SENAMF
On March 12, 2012, the Sena Anku Memorial Foundation (SENAMF) was inaugurated in memory of Sena Sylvia Anku, the late daughter of Ms. Grace Amenyogbeli.
It’s vision is to see Ghana, as a country, with a holistic and practical approach to cancer care; i.e. effective prevention, treatment, and post-treatment care.
Mission
1. To fund research that focuses on breast cancer and disseminate information to create awareness and knowledge (with particular emphasis on women, especially young professional women);
2. To support the design and development of enhanced preventive, medical and care systems to fight breast cancer, provide a platform for dissemination of relevant information and offer counselling services for caregivers to cancer patients.
3. To support breast cancer patients by bringing comfort and hope of survival to them through the provision of financial and technical resources/support to minimize the cost of treatment and post-treatment care.
4. To provide financial support to impoverished cancer patients for treatment
5. To advocate for expedited, consistent and committed care for cancer patients.
Achievements
Since its inception, it has ran over 25 outreach programmes, which have resulted in over 1,700 people benefiting from breast screening.
It has also covered the full medical cost of 11 needy cancer patients who were unable to pay for chemotherapy, surgical procedures and reviews.
The foundation has donated patient stretchers, x-ray boxes, patient exam couches, chemotherapy chairs and wheelchairs to the National Centre for Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine at the Korlebu Teaching hospital, Accra Ghana.
