Jacaranda FM‘s Good Morning Angels, Vodacom and the Blue Bulls rugby team have pledged R100 000 to help Adéle with her medical fees while combating Breast Cancer. Adéle was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her divorce.
The station says that Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among South African women.
One in every 27 South African women, over the age of 15, are at risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer registry.
“As with all cancers, most Breast Cancer can be beaten with early diagnoses, treatment and surgery, but the battle is severe and life-changing for most survivors and their loved ones,” the station added.
One of these women, currently in the midst of her cancer fight, is 42-year-old single mom Adéle from Standerton.
As a mother and single breadwinner of three children, she cannot afford medical aid and relies on the state for her treatment, according to the station. She has already been through ‘red devil’ chemo and is currently on chemo once a week for twelve weeks. This means that she has to drive from Standerton to Pretoria to receive chemo and drive back once a week.
Adéle’s twin sister Annelie lives in Lydenburg in Mpumalanga. She is also a single mom but drives through to Standerton to help Adéle on chemo days as often as she can, the station says.
The cost of keeping up with her state-funded breast cancer treatment is still too high to keep up, and that’s why Annelie wrote to Jacaranda FM’s Good Morning Angels hoping to get some help with fuel and travel costs to enable her to win the cancer battle and save her twin sister’s life.
Vodacom has assisted Adéle with a donation of R50 000 towards her cancer treatment expenses. Additionally, Vodacom Blue Bulls players have donated R 25 000 to assist with expenses and necessities — like the correct food — while Adéle is in treatment and beyond.
Additionally, the Vodacom Bulls management also has come on board and revealed that they will donate another R 25 000 towards Adéle’s treatment and recovery.
On Sunday, 30 October the Vodacom Bulls will face the Cell-C Sharks, donning their official Pink away gear at Loftus Versfeld to show support for Breast Cancer awareness, CANSA, and PinkDrive.
Both teams will be playing with photos of women and men who have fought cancer on their jersey back numbers. Even though the teams will be battling it out on the field, they are standing united behind Breast Cancer Awareness, concludes the team.
Kick-off is at 15:00 and tickets are on sale at Ticketpros.