Wear your flip flops – show your support for children with cancer
The Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC) plays a critical role to help children and adolescents to continue learning during cancer treatment. You can help to demonstrate impact - from challenge to change.
By wearing flip flops and purchasing a R10 Flip Flop Day sticker, individuals, schools and workplaces can help ensure that children and teenagers with cancer, and their families, do not walk this journey alone.
With International Childhood Cancer Day celebrated today (February 15) , CHOC (Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa) is calling on South Africans to turn awareness into action by participating in Flip Flop Day on Friday, February 20.
International Childhood Cancer Day is led globally by Childhood Cancer International (CCI), a worldwide network of childhood cancer organisations advocating for improved care, equity and outcomes for children with cancer. This year’s theme is, “Demonstrating impact: From Challenge to Change.”
Through its alignment with CCI and global childhood cancer priorities, CHOC contributes local insight and on-the-ground impact to a broader international movement focused on access to care, psychosocial support and quality of life.
In South Africa, where many families must travel long distances to access specialised treatment, the journey can be overwhelming. CHOC plays a critical role by providing accommodation close to treatment centres, transport assistance, psychosocial and emotional support, as well as educational programmes that help children and adolescents to continue learning during treatment.
“Being part of a global movement led by organisations like Childhood Cancer International reminds us that impact is not just a local responsibility, it’s a shared one,” says Hedley Lewis, CEO at CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa. “Our role is to ensure that global priorities translate into real, practical support for families here at home.”
Through its national network of CHOC regional offices, the organisation supports families at every stage of the childhood cancer journey, from diagnosis and treatment to survivorship and bereavement care. CHOC helps to reduce the emotional and financial strain on families, allowing them to focus on what matters most: their child’s wellbeing.
So be sure to wear your flip flops this coming Friday.
For more information about CHOC’s programmes or how to get involved, visit www.choc.org.za.
