Bros and their Mo’s

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world.

With their “Mo’s” men raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health.

As an independent global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

Movember challenges men to grow a moustache for the 30 days of November, thereby changing their appearance and the face of men’s health.

In October, Mo Bros sign up at Movember.com, and on the 1st of Movember, with a clean-shaven face, start their Mo growing journey.

Then for the entire month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, effectively become walking, talking billboards for 30 days.

Through their growing efforts they raise awareness for the often ignored issues of men’s health, by prompting conversations wherever they go.

Another crucial part of being a Mo Bro is to raise funds for men’s health. Men donate their face, and much like taking part in a run or a walk for charity, ask their family and friends to sponsor their efforts.

Movember’s not just for men. The women of Movember, are known as Mo Sistas.

They play a vital role in the success of Movember by supporting and encouraging the men in their lives to get involved.

Mo Sistas also get involved by signing up at Movember.com, and participate by raising funds and awareness themselves. Essentially, Mo Sistas do everything that Mo Bros do, without a Mo.

At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their Movember journey by throwing their own Movember parties or attending one of the official Gala Partés held around the world.

Movember supports world class men’s health programmes that combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.

These programmes, directed by the Movember Foundation, are focused on awareness and education, living with and beyond cancer, staying mentally healthy, living with and beyond mental illness and research to achieve our vision of an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.

Since its humble beginnings in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia, Movember has grown to become a truly global movement inspiring more than three million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas to participate across 21 countries worldwide – from Russia to Rio de Janeiro, and everywhere in between.

In 2012, over 1.1 million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas around the world joined the movement, raising R1.2 billion.

Springs’ Bros

We would like to track the progress made by Mo Bros in Springs and Kwatsaduza during November.

If you have registered as a Mo Bro, let us know by sending your name and contact details, along with a photo of yourself clean shaven, to Samantha Keogh at samk@caxton.co.za

We will keep weekly record of your Mo to encourage readers to get behind you to support this cause and help you gain support for your top lip in aid this worthy cause.

Anyone who would still like to register can do so at www.za.movember.com