Fact Sheet
(Ending 31 March 2009)
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern
- Queen Mary Hospital
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Tuen Mun Hospital
- Tang Shiu Kin Integrated Palliative Day Care Centre
- CancerLink Wong Tai Sin
- CancerLink Central
- The New Voice Club
- Hong Kong Stoma Association
- The Hong Kong Pioneers Mutual Support Association
- Yin Hong Club
- Yin Chin Club
- The Sunflower Network
- The Brightening Association
- Mutual Aid Assocation
- Kin Lok Club
- Rising Sun Association
- Cheong Hong Club
- Orchid Support Group
- Hong Kong Adult Blood Cancer Group
- Hong Kong Bone Marrow Transplant Patients' Association
Who we are…
We are Hong Kong's largest charitable cancer-care organisation providing free information and professional support to anyone living with or affected by cancer. Our comprehensive services also include public awareness programmes and funding towards research, screening initiatives and the improvement of cancer care facilities.
Our mission…
- To make life easier for people living with or affected by cancer
- To build a cancer-smart community
- To minimize the incidence of cancer through awareness and prevention
- To ensure no one faces cancer alone
Our vision… to minimize the impact of cancer
Statistics tell us that in Hong Kong one in four people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. Our vision is to minimise the impact of cancer in our community by helping to improve patients' quality of life, raising public awareness, improving cancer facilities, and investing in cancer research.
Services provided…
- Professional counselling and nursing guidance
- Hotline
- Home care
- Rehabilitation programmes
- Complimentary therapies
- Information/Nutrition Workshops
- Free loan of rehabilitation aids
- Peer support groups
- Cancer information booklets/library
- Public education & awareness programmes
- Funding of clinical trials, screening programmes
- Funding of cancer treatment facilities/medical equipment
- Refurbishment of oncology wards/treatment rooms
Funding…
- Cancer Fund's services are free, sustained through fundraising activities and public donations.
- Cancer Fund receives no money from the Government or Community Chest, relying solely on public generosity.
Website
www.cancer-fund.org
