Please join us in our commitment to help build a new cancer hospital and research and training center in Ethiopia.

Our goal is to also create awareness of the growing and nearly unchecked cancer problem in Ethiopia. Here are some of just a few statistics:

* 80 Million people in Ethiopia
* 1 Doctor for every 40,000 people
* 1 Nurse for every 8,000 people
* 1 Program to deal with cancer
* 1 Cobalt Machine to serve 80 million people
* 150,000 new cancer cases each year, increasing by 5% every year
* Cancer:- Cervical: 33%, Breast: 19%, and head and neck: 17%
* Tikur Anbesa hospital can treat only 500 patients a year
* Cancer kills twice the number of people than HIV AIDS in Africa

"Public awareness of cancer is very low and the diagnosis of cancer is considered a death sentence. The waiting time, particularly for radio therapy is 6 months. As a result, some patients die while waiting for treatment."

- Dr. Bogale Solomon
Tikur Anbesa Hospital - Oncologist