Cancer Institute among recipients of Australian aid for cervical cancer fight

(from left to right) HCC PR & Marketing Volunteer Gail Niles, Ambassador Ross Tysoe, HCC Manager Maisha Hutton, HCC President, Sir Trevor Hassell and HCC IT Coordinator, Ian Pitts.

The Australian High Commission Direct Aid Program has awarded a US$112,800 grant to the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) to fund five regional projects aimed at boosting the capacity of key civil society groups to respond to community-based needs for cervical cancer prevention.

At the HCC offices on Friday November 29, Ambassador Ross Tysoe presented the cheque to the group, a press release issued by the cancer Institute of Guyana Inc (CIG) said.

The recipient organisations in the five OECS countries are The Belize Cancer Society (BCS), Belize;