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Fighting cancer in Palestine An update on the situation for cancer patients in Palestine, from Executive Director of the Patient’s Friends Society-Jerusalem, Carol El-Jabari. As some of you may know, the Israel Defense Forces closed access to Gaza in June 2007, with serious implications for fundamental human rights and health care.

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Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference November 2011 is fast approaching, with planning well underway for the 16th Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference in Taiwan. Hundreds of RRI members and supporters from around the world are expected to attend and we invite you to join us for this
important meeting. The conference website is now live, at www.reachtorecovery2011.org, with registrations set to open in July this year.

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Kenya - Facing our fight together Elizabeth Ragui is a breast cancer survivor and the Chief Executive Officer of Reach to Recovery Kenya:
Time has really flown since our organization came into existence legally two years ago, although our activities started way back in 2006 after our initial training as volunteers by Ann Steyn. It is a fact that cancer is a lifethreatening and distressing experience. It did, however, improve at least one aspect of my life, causing changes that were so radical and profound that they rekindled my appreciation of dear life, a powerful reminder that life is experiential.

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Beating breast cancer in the Ukraine The President of DONNA Ukraine, Larisa Yashchenko, reports on recent progress of awareness campaigns to help improve survival and support women with breast cancer in the Ukraine.

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Bloom Newsletter

Bloom, the Reach to Recovery International newsletter, promotes the exchange of current information on training, advocacy, research, volunteer and peer support. It allows women who have lived through breast cancer to tell their stories and share their emotional and psychological experiences. It reports on how groups organize programmes to develop breast cancer awareness in their community and give support to cancer patients. Bloom is published quarterly and distributed by email, free of charge, to all Reach to Recovery members and interested groups and individuals.

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