Call To Raise Funds For Bangladeshi Construction Supervisor's Cancer Treatment

Hi Huneybees,

Archetype’s Melissa Tan with Bangladeshi construction supervisor Alam Shah.
(Photo: Don Wong/TODAY)

Mr. Alam Shah landed a job as a construction supervisor at an interior firm, after working for 4 years in Singapore as a manual labourer. It was looking good until the sad news of cancer shattered his dream of going back to Bangladesh for his bride.

On 3rd October, he had seizures and went into a coma and he underwent surgery after being diagnosed with Stage 3 brain cancer. But that was only 40% of the tumour, Alm would still require radiotherapy and chemotherapy to try to stop the rest of the cancer from spreading.

Doctors gave him less than a year to live, if the disease was left untreated and his benevolent employer - Archetype is now trying to raise funds for his medical treatment (estimated to cost about S$100,000). This would cover for his cancer treatments, follow-up care in Bangladesh and to help his ageing parents financially as well.

Not only will they be using the company's profits, they also have Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME)'s help in the fund raising. Brain surgery requires Specialists and the scope of work is estimated to cost more than $100,000 that includes the cost of treatments Alam might need after his operation. The company's insurance coverage of $15,000 was only able to cover his 3-day stay in the ICU. Though the company is willing to pay for his medical bills, they are still financially unable to cover all of it. 

That's why the fundraising campaign will come into play. If you or you have friends who might be able to help, please donate online through this link:  https://www.sggives.org/sggives_p_charitydetails.aspx?CharityID=d2447b27-ef89-450a-8abf-868711bdd83f​

For more information on the campaign, visit their HOME's website at http://home.org.sg/​

Please indicate that the donation is for Alam Shah FIN G6556409U.

 

For Cash Donations
Kindly deposit at the following donation boxes:
• HOME help desk, Lucky Plaza, #06-22
• HOME office, Orchard Tower, #12-06
• HOME thrift shop, Lorong 19 Geylang, #01-03

For Cheque / GIRO donations ( For Cheque donation Payee to "HOME")
Please post to: 
304 Orchard Road, #06-22
Lucky Plaza
Singapore 238863 

Thank you for the help and please do spread the word.

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Introducing Pomi-T, The Natural Supplement To Boost Against Cancer Amidst Our Busy Lifestyle

Hi Huneybees,

Ever wonder what natural supplement available in the marketplace today that could help boost our body's defense against cancer?

Formulated by Professor Robert Thomas, a leading Bristish oncologist, Pomi-T is one of the few supplements supported by medical research!

Made from a perfect balance of foods from four distinct food categories of fruit, vegetable, spice and leaf, Pomi-T has the following:

• natural antioxident properties from Pomegranate extract, 
• anti-flammatory properties from Turmeric extract, 
• self-termaination process of unhealthy cells properties from Green Tea extract, 
• and growth of malignant cells properties from Broccoli extract.

Professor Robert Thomas sharing his findings

Professor Robert Thomas was in town to share his journey, process and results of a double-blind randomized clinic trial of Pomi-T, which was announced in 2013 at the Annual meeting of the world's largest and most prestigious cancer conference - ASCO.

 

 

In the study funded by the NCRN, Pomi-T was proven to lower the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that indicated abnormal growth in prostate cells, and slows cancer progression.

Professional Robert Thomas signed on several of copies of his book "Lifestyle after Cancer"

Pomi-T is now available at all leading pharmacies and retails at S$49.90 for 60 capsules.

For more information, please visit http://www.pomi-t.sg

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Movember

Hi Huneybees,

Movember is here! Nope, I didn't spell wrongly. It is a term that's derived from Moustache and November. And for the first time, this November, Singapore Cancer Society is set to change the way we view men's health, in particular cancer.

Movember.sg launch photos:

The event was held at Artery Bar at Red Dot Traffic.

Movember mocktails were served that night. Even the glasses "grew" mustaches too!

Event was hosted by Su Ann.

Dr Ang Peng Tiam giving a little speech too.

Going outside.

Harley Davidson men giving support to the event. Even their bikes "grew" mustache.

Big thank you to the guys behind the Harley bikes and note, they are models for the ad too!

Even the van that drives cancer patient "grew" mustache too...

Then, it was photo time. Photo taken with Dr. Ang and the ladies present that day. We can't grow mustache, so why not stick one on?

There was a little "shave-off" challenge. Why shave off now? Well, for a clean start!

Guys! Go start growing a mustache too!

Cancer is the number one cause of  death in Singapore. Each year about 4,800 men are diagnosed with cancer and about 4,500 die from it (Stats taken from Singapore Cancer Registry Interim Report 2005-2009). The number of new cases among men is also on the rise and studies have shown that men are more likely to die of cancer than women. 

In addition, the number of new cancer cases among men is rising year-on-year. Through movember.Sg, SCS aims to address this worrying trend by increasing the awareness of cancer among men and highlighting cancer signs and symptoms.

Central to movember.Sg is the moustache. Supporters of movember.Sg are encouraged to grow a moustache during the month of November. The moustache becomes a talking point that creates opportunities for movember.Sg supporters to talk about men's health issues, especially men's cancers, and raise funds for the cancer cause.

So grow a moustache today (or wear a fake one) and get your colleagues, friends and the men in your life to pay greater attention to their health and to cancer in particular.

There are two ways on how you can participate:
    • Give-Mo
    • Do-Mo

To Give-Mo, you can:

1. Donate to the SCS donation portal via SG Gives 
2. Send SCS a cheque or download the donation form 
3. Send SCS a completed GIRO form to donate. Donations are automatically deducted from your bank account on a regular basis. 

To Do-Mo, you can register as:
    1. Individual
    2. Team
    3. Corporate

Do(ing)-Mo brings many benefits to you as an individual, a team and or an organisation. From a personal sense of self-satisfaction, team building and an understanding of the health risks that men face, there is a myriad of reasons for supporting movember.Sg. 

We hope that you will join us and Do-Mo to raise funds for SCS and increase awareness of the major cancers affecting men. Your participation will be a boost to the campaign and will go a long way towards supporting the cancer cause and needy patients in their battle against cancer. 

Do support by purchasing some of the merchandises too! Proceeds go to SCS.

For more details, see: http://movember.sg/moMall.html

Throughout the month of Movember, there will be events and talks about cancer. To know more about the dates and to register, check out the websites: http://movember.sg/events.html and http://www.singaporecancersociety.org.sg. It will be great if you guys can head down to these talks and events to learn more and best if you can bring your friends along!

Hehehehe... the article where my pic was in the TODAY newspaper...

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