Patela Care Foundation
Cancer Advocacy And Awareness Essay Competition For Senior Secondary School Students in Nigeria CAANEC 2022
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From The Desk Of The Founders Patela Care Foundation ✍️

The Patela Care Foundation (PCF) Cancer Advocacy and Awareness Essay Competition for Senior Secondary School Students in Nigeria CAANEC 2022 has definitely been an inspiring season.
There were a lot of highlights in this year’s competition as we shared in the joy of the participants, their teachers, parents, guardians, family members, and loved ones.
Senior Secondary School students from across the country participated in the essay competition.
It was a competitive process as students displayed depth of knowledge of childhood cancers and proficiency in English language.
The following students however emerged top three finalists:
Hearty Congratulations to Miss Temiloluwa Adebayo of The Vale College, Ibadan (Winner), Miss Divine Oluchi Nkwocha of Government Secondary School Zuba, Abuja (1st Runner Up) and Master Michael Durowaiye of All Souls High School, Ibadan (2nd Runner Up).
One of the highlights of CAANEC 2022 with a unique and heart warming twist was with Master Salvation Oyama getting the special recognition award for participating in the essay competition despite being visually impaired.
It was a soul-stirring experience interacting with Master Salvation Oyama, his mother Mrs Christiana Oyama and his school principal Mr Samuel Okpe as they talked about their life journeys and what motivated them to be part of the CAANEC 2022.
Uplifting stories and experiences like this, motivates Patela Care Foundation to keep enriching lives.
To all participants; great effort, you are all stars. Keep soaring high.
This laudable Initiative (CAANEC) aims to promote excellence in health education, particularly in the field of cancer control which involves; awareness, advocacy, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, psycho social support and end-of-life care.

Empowering young minds with knowledge through this competition and the young cancer control advocates and ambassadors’ follow-up program is an avenue to combat and reduce the burden of cancer in Low, Middle Income Countries such as Nigeria.
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and it’s best hope for the future” as the saying goes, is what this initiative has tried to achieve.
As it is with PCF’s CAANEC custom, winners were awarded with medals and cash prizes. Every participants gets a certificate of participation and good effort, and also enrolled in the CAANEC young cancer control advocates and ambassadors follow-up program.

The Board of Directors of Patela Care Foundation acknowledge and appreciate Almighty GOD for the opportunity to serve in this capacity. A special thank you to our partners, our friends, the judges, the secondary education boards in Nigeria, the School Principals, the teachers, the students, The Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS), The Association of Radiation and Clinical Oncologists of Nigeria (ARCON), The Psycho Oncology Society of Nigeria’ (POSON), Trace Media, Dr Ajibike Odunuga,
Dr Jummai Jimeta,-Tuko,
Dr Michael Abiodun Adeyemi, Dr Bolaji Salako, Dr Shakirat Ibitoye, Ms Kemi Adekanye of Okapi Children Cancer Foundation, Mary Hanson, Ms Olufunke Babalola, Mrs Alex Ogbonna Olufemi, Mr Mayokun Adeniji ,Mrs Banke Adebayo Adedamola, Mr Tope Omojokun, Dr Daniel Ayo, Prof Biobele Brown, Prof Oladapo Campbell, Dr Toyin Olagunju, Dr Tarela Sarimiye and the Patela Care Team who helped make this a reality. We could not have done this without you.
We will keep working together to achieve greater feats in reducing the burden of cancer significantly.
Thank you and God bless you all.

Warm Regards Always

Co-Founders Patela Care Foundation
Dr Tinuke Olagunju MD MSc MPH
Dr Foluke Sarimiye MD MSc FWACS
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