Breast cancer awareness rally held
The Hindu
THOOTHUKUDI
A breast cancer awareness rally was organised here on Wednesday.
As breast cancer awareness month is being observed during October, the rally was jointly organised by the Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, Department of Oncology of Apollo Hospitals, Madurai, and Kamaraj College, Thoothukudi.
After Resident Medical Officer S. Silas Jayamani flagged of the awareness procession in the presence of Dr. Lalitha, Head, Department of Oncology, TKMCH, on the college premises, the procession reached Kamaraj College via Tiruchendur Road.
Principal, Kamaraj College, Poonkodi gave valedictory address.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.