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Cancer Society of New Zealand

The first of our chosen charities is the Cancer Society. The Cancer Society of New Zealand is the leading organisation dedicated to reducing the incidence of cancer and ensuring the best cancer care for everyone in New Zealand.
Some key facts include the following:

Over 600 men die of prostate cancer every year in NZ - this is directly comparable to those figures for breast cancer.
Approximately 3000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year.
Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer for NZ men.
There are 3 key issues that need to be addressed:

1) Nationwide rejection amongt the media and government bodies that this is a very real problem affecting very real communities

2) Widespread ignorance amongst New Zealanders

3) It continues to be treated as a taboo subject amongst New Zealand men

For more information on the Cancer Society please click on the below

Prostate Cancer Charity UK

The second charity linked to our challenge is Prostate Cancer Society UK. Much like the Cancer Society in Nw Zealand the PCC UK faces similar challenges and shares similar objectives. Key facts to note include:

10,000 men die of prostate cancer every year in the UK.
35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK.
One man dies of prostate cancer every hour in the UK.
It is the most common form of cancer of men in the UK - 1/4 of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in men are prostate cancer.
Over the last 30 years prostate cancer rates in the UK have almost trebled.

The Prostate Cancer Charity was set up in 1996 to help raise the public awareness of the disease and political debate about services and support. They have invested over NZ$12.5m in vital research and supported 1,000s of men and their families.

For more information on the Prostate Cancer Charity please click on the link below

Rowing for Prostate aims to help put Prostate Cancer on the map in both NZ and the UK and reduce the incidence of deaths caused by the disease every year.

THE TRUTH HURTS BUT IGNORANCE KILLS