1. health and fitness
2. disease
3. cancer

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014
W H AT ’ S O N
Al Mulla International Exchange Launches 56th Branch in Omariya
I
n-line with the efforts of providing the best service
and easy access to its customers, Al Mulla
International Exchange, the leading money remittance company in Kuwait, has recently launched its
56th branch in Omariya, Al Farwaniya, which will give
the customers in Farwaniya flexibility and easy access
to transfer money through their preferred and secure
exchange company. This branch is an addition to the
chain of branches of Al Mulla International Exchange
that are all across the vital areas in Kuwait.
Regarding the launch, Mr. Rajesh Gairola, Divisional
General Manager said: “The launch of the 56th branch
of Al Mulla International Exchange reflects the keenness of the company to strengthen its geographical
presence, as well as assuring offering the highest standards of efficiency by achieving the requirements and
needs of the money remittance sector which is part of
its strategic expansion plans, thus this will give us the
opportunity of being closer to our customers in
Farwaniya.”
Mr. Rajesh also added: “with the launch of our 56th
branch we aim to provide the best service and easy
access to all our customers located in and around
Farwaniya, as we consider them our essential assets
and our goal is to satisfy their needs and support
them as much as we can as an appreciation to their
loyalty and contribution to the growth of our business.”
The launch in Farwaniya is considered one of our
strategic expansion plans; as the leading exchange
company that has huge number of loyal customers
from expats to Kuwaitis we shall continue to make an
endeavor to make our services easily accessible to
them.” Mr. Rajesh concluded: “Our name is associated
with the best financial institutions, technical expertise,
and our goal is to provide the most efficient possible
service to our customers.”
Al Mulla International Exchange, established in
2001 always assured in providing outstanding services to its customers and seeks to meet their expectations and satisfaction, it always strives to provide all its
branches with the latest technologies in favor to its
customers and innovative remittances and money
transfer solutions.
OSN marks ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’
A
s the world marks the ‘Breast Cancer
Awareness Month’ during October,
OSN, the region’s leading pay-TV network, is rolling out a dedicated campaign
throughout the month focused on strengthening awareness and encouraging the community to undertake early screening.
Building on its ‘Live More’ corporate social
responsibility (CSR) initiative that leverages
the power of television and community
engagement to promote wellness and bring
positive change to people’s lifestyles, OSN is
supporting the efforts of governments in the
Middle East and North Africa region to
address the rising incidence of breast cancer.
Several ‘Live More’ awareness videos that
highlight breast cancer and the need for early screening have been developed by OSN,
which are telecast through various channels
as well as communicated over its social
media platforms. Additionally, breast cancer
survivors will share their stories through
OSN’s own production ‘Saudi Doctors.’ The
health and wellness programme will also feature several Arab celebrities endorsing the
‘Live More’ approach and driving awareness
about breast cancer.
According to WHO’s International Agency
for Research on Cancer and Cancer Research
UK, breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer globally, accounting for
11.9%, next only to lung cancer at 13% of the
total. However, in the West Asia region (comprising MENA countries), breast cancer leads
in total cancer incidence at about 13.4% of
the total. It is estimated that the region
accounts for 42.76 cases of breast cancer per
100,000 adults as of 2012.
Breast cancer incidence in individual
MENA countries are often much higher than
this average with Lebanon at 78.68 cases per
100,000 adults, Jordan at 61.03 and Egypt at
49.5 cases per 100,000 people.
Research conducted in Saudi Arabia
recently reports that late-stage diagnosis of
breast cancer, which leads to greater mortality rates, are also the result of lack of information and timely care, thus underpinning the
importance of awareness campaigns. OSN is
taking the lead in building awareness about
breast cancer with a particular focus on promoting early screening and healthier
lifestyles.
OSN is also screening awareness videos
on breast cancer through a ‘Pink House’ campaign across Saudi Arabia in partnership
with Zahra Breast Cancer Association, a voluntary organisation. In association with
Zahra, OSN will host ‘Pink Houses’ in 20 key
cities and towns across the Kingdom in locations such as malls and community centres.
In addition to OSN Live More awareness
videos, a special screening on E! channel
called Pink Warrior will have celebrity TV
host Giuliana Rancic talk about her battle
with breast cancer in ‘Beyond Candid with
Giuliana: Hope, Strength and Courage’.
Further underlining the global support to
the cause, TLC HD has rebranded the channel for breast cancer awareness for the
entire month. Oprah Winfrey will speak to
special guests Fergie and Jane Fonda in
‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’ and The Ellen
DeGeneres show will further communicate
the message to a wide audience.
OSN will also devote its own exclusive
production, Saudi Doctors to put the spotlight on breast cancer, its risk factors, the
need for early screening, treatment and
care, and stories of cancer survivors.
The special Saudi Doctors episode on
October 16 will feature Dr. Essam Morshed,
Consultant Clinical Oncologist and President
of Saudi Oncology Society, and Dr. Khalid Al
Hajeri, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, discussing the symptoms of breast cancer,
detection, importance of self-assessment
and aspects relating to treatment and care.
Dr. Samira Al Ghamdi, Consultant
Psychologist, will discuss about the emotional, psychological and social support for
breast cancer patients, while Dr. Wael
Daghestani, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, will
provide details about reconstruction surgery.
Khulud Abu Humus, Executive Vice
President of Programming & Creative
Services of OSN, said: “Through our Breast
Cancer Awareness Campaign this month, we
are highlighting our commitment to be closer to the community in addressing the
increasing incidence of breast cancer. This
complements our ‘Live More’ CSR initiative
to encourage the community to lead a wellbalanced lifestyle and make a big difference
to their lives through simple day-to-day
changes.
“It has been proven that early screening
and diagnosis help enhance the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment. We are
highlighting this message through our special programmes on various channels on
OSN. By highlighting the risk factors to
bringing cancer survivor stories, we want to
motivate more people to go for preventive
checks and make positive lifestyle changes.”
Greetings
B
elated birthday
wishes to Franz
Pascua Aguilar
who celebrated his
birthday on Oct 10.
May you have more
candles to blow. Love
from your family and
friends.
Embassy of Ukraine
T
he Embassy of Ukraine in Kuwait would like to inform
that the external polling station 900046 of the
Parliamentary elections was created in the Embassy’s
premises at the following address: Hawalli, Surra, bl.5, str. 1,
build. 37.
The working hours of the polling station: Sunday-Thursday,
from 15:00 to 17:00 pm. On October 26, 2014 the working
hours of the polling station from 8:00 am to 20:00 pm. Citizens
of Ukraine are kindly advised to refer to the Embassy’s website
to check their data in the Electoral Register as well as to pick
up their personal invitation from the polling station if they did
not receive this document by post.
Literary competition
‘S
opanam’, the in house e-magazine of Seva Darshan
Kuwait, celebrating its 3rd anniversary is coming
up with an exclusive literary competition for the
Indians residing in Kuwait. The competitions are being held
for poetry, short story, and essay writing in two categories
‘adults’ and ‘students of class 8 and above’. Medium for the
competition is English and Malayalam. Subject for the
poetry is ‘Mother’ and for short story is ‘An environmental
friendly life’ for both the above said categories. For essay
writing, the subject is ‘My Motherland’ for the students’ category and ‘Changing World and tomorrow’s India’ for\ the
adults.
Short Story should not exceed two A4 pages with normal font in 1.5 spacing. Those participating in students category should get their entry neatly typed, attested by
school Principal clearly stating the class of study. The
entries to adult categories should be typed and self-attested with civil ID number. For further details contact:
99184894 / 50076921 / 66181992/65008491 Scanned
copies of the entries shall be sent to vbkuwait@gmail.com
on or before October 31, 2014. Exciting prizes and certificates are awaiting the winners.
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Bishop Moore College Alumni conducts Onam-Eid Sangamom
B
ishop Moore College Alumni Association of Kuwait
Chapter conducted Onam- Eid Sangamom at United
Indian School Abbassiya with a public function followed by cultural programs. Public function was presided by
Francis Lawrence (President). Inauguration of the Onam-Eid
celebrations was performed by Rev Sam Koshy T. (Vicar Kuwait City MarThoma Parish), Faisal Manjery (Country Head
- Gulf Madhyamam Kuwait) & Hari Nair (Treasurer - NSS
Kuwait) by lighting the traditional Lamp.
Felicitation addresses were given by Sam Pynummodu
(Social Activist in Kuwait & Ex-Student of BMC) & Babuji
Bathery (Social Activist in Kuwait & Ex-Student of BMC. Jerry
John Koshy (Convener) welcomed the gatherings &
Parimanam Manoj (General Secretary) delivered vote of
thanks. Ms Binitha Maria Thomas anchored the program.
The second part of the function was cultural programes,
which began with ‘Thiruvathira’-girls in typical Keralite attire
dancing around the traditional brass lamp. It was followed by
mavali, cinematic dance, Magic Show & Ganamela includes
the attraction of the day. The members of BMC family presented various cultural programs includes chandamalam,
group dances, songs and many more which added color to
the event. A Sumptuous “OnaSadhya” with 23 items was
served to all attendees in traditional way and style.
From the audience Malayalee Manan (Jujan George
Ninan), Malayalee Manga (Mrs Nisha Binu), Kutty Manan
(Master Abel Manoj) & Kutty Manga (Kumari Drishya
Sangeeth) was also selected based on the tradintional dress
& style.
Different entertainment program was also conducted by
the leadership of John Mathew (Treasurer), Shyam Sivan (Jt.
Secretary), Mathew Karror (Jt. Treasurer), Satheeh C. Pillai,
Vinu Oommen, Jobin Babu, Babu Gopan, John Varghese
Karthikapally, Philip Thomas Kattanam, Jacob Varghese,
Shaney Cherian & Manoj K John.
Service as a tribute to Gandhiji
T
he students of The Indian
Community School proved their
social commitment by rightfully setting their actions as the proof to the
Gandhiyan ideology of being the change
they wish to see around. They cleaned the
school & premises enthusiastically with
dedication and commitment. The cleaning
program closely followed the initiation by
Shri Narendra Modi, the Respected Prime
Minister of India to each and every Indian
citizen, reminding them upon the impor-
tance of maintaining a clean surrounding.
On Thursday, 2nd October 2014 , the
class rooms and school premises were
cleaned by the self motivated students
under the guidance &supervision of the
Principal Dr V Binumon and the dedicated
team of teachers of ICSK Senior. At ICSK
,students are made aware of their responsibilities and are trained to be future citizens of ethics and values. Social commitments are emphasized in the training
devices for holistic development of stu-
dents. True to their training and culture the
students served exemplary models of service by effortlessly working together to
maintain cleanliness around. A special
assembly was also conducted commemorating the great leader Mahatma Gandhi.
The students took up an oath to take up
the responsibility of maintaining the cleanliness of the surroundings now and in the
years to come. The oath was administered
by the principal and solemnly repeated by
the students.