Headline : Running 2,004km for cancer patients
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Date : 16/06/2004
Page: 05
Byline : By R.S. Kamini
Type : News
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Running on the heels of compassion and love. That will be what local long distance runner, Suwaibah Muhammad Nasir, will do come Aug 22.
And with her will go the hopes of many cancer patients who will benefit from her fund-raising trek across Peninsular Malaysia.
It is hoped that with her punishing 2,004 km run, many patients, especially the thousands of children diagnosed with leukaemia, will be as fortunate as survivor Normahira Mahmood.
The 13-year-old was diagnosed with leukaemia in March 2000. Fortunately for her, she could afford to pay for the treatment and is today recuperating.
But it is the fate of other less fortunate ones that will drive Suwaibah on. More than 40,000 other cancer cases are detected annually and most cannot afford to pay for the expensive treatments.
The Cross Nation Run 2004 is being organised by Majlis Kanser Nasional (Makna) in conjunction with its 10th anniversary.
It was launched at the KL Towers today by Datuk Rosmah Mansor, wife of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
The flag-off will also be at the KL Tower on Aug 22, and will end when Suwaibah, 31, makes her way back to the tower on Oct 7.
Most importantly, the marathon and steeplechase athlete will also help spread the message on cancer to rural and urban folk, many of whom know very little about the disease.
Makna president Datuk Farid Ariffin said the public could make donations of as little as one sen as "donation boxes will be set up at all places that Suwaibah stops at".
He added that the Akademi Tentera Malaysia would provide moral support and help out during exhibitions and seminars that would be conducted by Makna during the run.
Suwaibah will also make it into the Malaysian Book of Records as the first female solo runner around the peninsula if she completes the run.
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Date : 16/06/2004
Page: 05
Byline : By R.S. Kamini
Type : News
KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Running on the heels of compassion and love. That will be what local long distance runner, Suwaibah Muhammad Nasir, will do come Aug 22.
And with her will go the hopes of many cancer patients who will benefit from her fund-raising trek across Peninsular Malaysia.
It is hoped that with her punishing 2,004 km run, many patients, especially the thousands of children diagnosed with leukaemia, will be as fortunate as survivor Normahira Mahmood.
The 13-year-old was diagnosed with leukaemia in March 2000. Fortunately for her, she could afford to pay for the treatment and is today recuperating.
But it is the fate of other less fortunate ones that will drive Suwaibah on. More than 40,000 other cancer cases are detected annually and most cannot afford to pay for the expensive treatments.
The Cross Nation Run 2004 is being organised by Majlis Kanser Nasional (Makna) in conjunction with its 10th anniversary.
It was launched at the KL Towers today by Datuk Rosmah Mansor, wife of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
The flag-off will also be at the KL Tower on Aug 22, and will end when Suwaibah, 31, makes her way back to the tower on Oct 7.
Most importantly, the marathon and steeplechase athlete will also help spread the message on cancer to rural and urban folk, many of whom know very little about the disease.
Makna president Datuk Farid Ariffin said the public could make donations of as little as one sen as "donation boxes will be set up at all places that Suwaibah stops at".
He added that the Akademi Tentera Malaysia would provide moral support and help out during exhibitions and seminars that would be conducted by Makna during the run.
Suwaibah will also make it into the Malaysian Book of Records as the first female solo runner around the peninsula if she completes the run.
(END)
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