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Soroptimist International Africa Federation will host their annual conference in Durban from 18 – 21 May 2023. The Gala dinner will raise funds for the Federation’s groundbreaking partnership with the UN Health4Life Fund to eliminate cervical cancer. Cervical cancer often goes unnoticed and strikes a woman a decade after infection by the human papillomavirus. It is an invisible disease that women are too often unaware of and fall victim to. Yet, a safe and effective vaccine exists, regular screening can catch visible lesions on the cervix and access to early treatment saves lives. In Africa, it is a patchwork of access and availability for the vaccine and women’s health services. Soroptimists across Africa are teaming up with the UN Health4Life Fund to accelerate country-level action on WHO’s global strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer and change the status quo.

 

The Health4Life partnership puts our Soroptimist sisters at the table, amplifying our voice, enabling our action, and making Soroptimists a visible force in the fight for women’s rights to quality health care and sustainable development across the African continent. The funds raised by Soroptimists will be pooled together with other funding and made available for country-led interventions that implement collective and coordinated action on cervical cancer in Africa to make this a disease of the past. This is a momentous moment that can make every Soroptimist proud.

 

Soroptimist Clubs across Europe, Great Britain & Ireland are invited to support this important, long-term partnership to save the lives of women dying needlessly from this invisible and insidious cancer. Your Club is invited to sell ‘invisible’ seats to the SIAF Gala dinner in support of the Soroptimist Cervical Cancer Campaign Africa.  Sell seats to your members, as well as friends and family through a crowdfunding page. Ask local business leaders or healthcare centers to buy seats in honor of each of their female employees.

 

7 Euros will buy one ‘invisible’ seat
77 Euros to sponsor a table
777 Euros to sponsor an Executive Table

 

Your Club will be mentioned as a supporter on screen during the Gala. We will send your Club a video from the Gala launch of the campaign in Durban. Executive Table sponsors can receive a personalized video thanking them for their sponsorship to share across their social media platforms. For this, Clubs need to provide the name of ‘Executive Sponsors’ when confirming their contribution, no later than 18 May.

 

Goal: 100 clubs to sell 10 ‘invisible’ tables each. Notify lindamerieau@gmail.com of your Club’s support.

 

Funds raised by your Club are to be transferred to Soroptimist International Africa Federation: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cervical-cancer-elimination-campaign-africa

 

Thank you for showing solidarity with your sisters in Africa. We can all help make the invisible visible by standing up for women in need with SIAF! The Gala campaign is expected to become an annual feature. Even if your Club starts small this year, we hope you’ll consider making this an annual action to join us in eliminating cervical cancer in Africa and around the world.

 


 

Visit Soroptimist Internation Africa Federation’s website HERE