Volunteers and participants of the campaign.
Qatar Red Crescent Society's (QRCS) Mission in Lebanon has recently concluded its breast cancer awareness and early detection project for Syrian refugees and Lebanese women, to raise awareness about the importance of regular examinations to detect breast cancer early, thus avoiding its serious risks in the future.
A closing ceremony was held at the end of October, which is marked globally as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in the presence of Omar Katerji, Head of QRCS's Mission, Dr Fadi Al Halabi, Medical Coordinator, and several volunteers and participants. The campaign involved distributing awareness printouts at 56 shops and drugstores throughout the Bekaa area, handing 150 flowers and awareness fliers over to female pedestrians, both Syrian and Lebanses. Other activities were the organisation of 21 educational lectures at Syrian refugee camps and organisations concerned with women's affairs. The sessions were attended by a total of 586 women. Also, 6,500 informative fliers were distributed by volunteers at camps.
The focus of the campaign covered central and southern Bekaa, where QRCS has since January been offering regular examination, screening, and treatment for free to Syrian refugees and Lebanese women.
