Leah Shanahan: I feel like it’s important for our school to raise awareness and funding for the cancer foundation. My mom’s friend has cancer and it’s not going well, so maybe if we can help make a difference. Even R10 per student would help a lot towards the contribution of research.
Fourways High School hosted a shavathon to raise funds for cancer research, support, and public education. Learners shaved or coloured their hair in solidarity with people who live with cancer and those who are affected by it.
Fourways Review asked learners about the significance of this event and why is it important for a school to fund the cancer foundation. This is what they had to say…
Question: Why is it important for the school to raise funds for cancer research?
Elizabeth Jackson: This gathering has a lot of special meaning because I have never been to a normal school for the last four years, so it’s a different experience. It’s a great idea considering I’ve lost two grandparents to it and I really hope it makes a difference.Yomelela Nkuna: Cancer is deadly and has terrorised many families. To me this means a lot, I have a lot of friends who have died from cancer. It means a lot that our school appreciates the efforts and the hardships they are going through, it really resonates with me on a deep level and I think more schools should do this.Roarke Bailey: Personally, it shows that the school supports awareness of one of the most deadly and infectious diseases in the world cancer, and it’s important to me because I think that’s an important value to have in my school.Shekar Sewmohan: It’s to raise awareness about cancer because cancer is a very serious thing. I know my grandfather passed away three years ago because he had cancer, so I would say this thing is for him and everybody else who suffers from cancer.Katherine van Blerk: I have a personal experience with cancer because my father had it. It is very important to me on a personal level that the cancer foundation gets the funding that they need for its treatments.
