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Gold Ribbon for
Children
Cancer Awareness
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Your Care
Our Hope
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ABOUT SCCS
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Sarawak
Children’s Cancer
Society (SCCS) is a non-profit voluntary organization formed on 26th
September,
1999 by a group of parents of children with cancer to discover ways in
which
they could help each other and their children.
Formally
registered in 2001,
SCCS expanded her role in provision of financial and emotional support,
accommodation for outstation families and treatment facilities based on
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incidence of new cases of childhood cancer which reaches 60 to 70
patients a
year.
As more children began to
survive with improved treatment techniques, public education about
childhood
cancer, quality of life and future prospects for children with cancer
were
recognized as increasingly important. <>From the initial
group of a
few concerned parents, the Society’s membership has now grown to
include people
from all over Sarawak who share the
Society’s aims
and concerns.
The role of SCCS is simple “We
are families helping families” A charity with a heart and
understanding, working
to support others through a traumatic and life threatening time of
their lives.
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| AIM
OF THE SOCIETY |
The Society is established for the
relief and care of Malaysian children suffering from cancer and their
families irrespective of race, religion and
creed;
and the advancement of research and
public education in the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of childhood
cancer.
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| OBJECTIVES
OF THE
SOCIETY |
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To provide
emotional support including counseling services to the cancer children
and
their families;
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To create
public awareness, and disseminate medically sound information to the
families,
regarding childhood cancer;
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To provide
financial assistance to needy patients and their families;
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To organize
social activities for the cancer children and their families;
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To support
research projects into childhood cancer and enhance the expertise of
medical
staff and social workers;
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To support
the establishment of a conducive and well-equipped half-way house,
hospital
environment and medical consumables for cancer children, where
appropriate, for
the care, treatment and management of childhood cancer;
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To promote
the establishment of Support Groups, centers or offices within Sarawak to promote regular and harmonious
co-operation
between the Society and members of the medical profession and all other
professional bodies engaged in assisting cancer children and their
families;
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To acquire,
lease, let or otherwise dispose any property and rights or privileges;
and to
construct, maintain and alter any building or erections which the
Society may
think necessary for the promotion of the Aim and Objectives of the
Society;
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To engage or
employ such personnel (whether as employees, consultants, advisers or
in any
other capacity) as may be required for the management of the Society on
such
terms as the Committee shall deem fit;
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10.
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To raise by
legal means the funds required for furthering of the aim and Objectives
of the
Society through public appeals, gifts, grants, endowments,
subscriptions,
legacies and any other form of contributions from any person.
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