User:Roko Cancer

' ROKO CANCER means... STOP CANCER A vision on anchored in the future that was flagged off by Mr. Ajinder Pal Singh Chawla' la and family in memory of his wife Mrs. Manjit Kaur Chawla, who lost her life to the much dreaded word Cancer at a very early age.

An effort that voiced its appeal loud and clear "Roko Cancer"er" - It could happen to you. The movement gained momentum on 16th Dec 2005 when the Trust launched the First Fully Equipped Mobile Breast Cancer Detection Unit for the semi urban and rural areas of Punjab. As volunteers and cause driven partners joined hands globally, Roko Cancer’s clarion call started reaching out its buzzword of “awareness” to the far flung rural and semi urban areas of India, at a fast and furious pace.

] A first ever Fully Equipped Mobile Breast Cancer Detection Unit that takes a journey for a cause through the tough terrains of Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Haryana,Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, has in a short span touched a figure of over 8332 mammograms and 263 positive cases has examined 30660 women that is nothing less than remarkable. It inspires an undying spirit of waging a war against ignorance towards Breast Cancer globally with the message:

Ajinder Pal Singh Chawla''' – A visionary behind MKC (Manjit Kaur Chawla) TRUST a charity registered in UK. An NRI from London, who lost his wife to breast cancer at an early age, has started Roko Cancer Campaign under the above charity. ROKO the Hindi word which means STOP.

According to Mr APS Chawla, “Within many ethnic minorities, the family depends on the woman and if she can’t look after herself and get treatment, not being early diagnosed the whole family collapses, that’s what I suffered when my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.”

Mr Chawla is working with Cherie Blair, Baroness Amos, Baroness Verma,Lord Karan Billimoria, Lord Dholokia, Keith Vaz, Geoff Hoon Sandra Howard, Sarah Kennedy and many other prominent dignitaries in UK to highlight the disease among ethnic minorities. He also heads many welfare organizations. He believes that it’s possible to live with cancer than die of ignorance, that he knows from his personal experience.

His Vision is to spread his campaign to each and every part of India, to the women who are mothers, wives and daughters to many.