Foundation launches golf challenge

THE Papua New Guinea Cancer Foundation and Santos last week launched the 18th Daffodil Corporate Golf Challenge which would be played at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club on Sept 2.
“We recognise the golf tournament not only funds the foundation’s annual programmes, but it is also an important platform to spotlight the alarming statistics being seen and felt in our country especially with breast and cervical cancer,” Santos country chairman Leon Buskens said.
“For the last 18 years, the support provided to the foundation has reached communities across the country, extending Santos’ impact in health, education and youth empowerment.
“The company is now looking to invest more heavily in cancer prevention through greater collaboration with other partners, including the Health Department.
“We can’t continue doing the same things and expect a better result as the gap has grown worse.
“It will take every one of us in the public and private sectors to fight this disease.
“We owe it to all those touched by cancer and to our future generations,” Buskens said in a statement this week.
Foundation deputy chairman Dr Lynda Sirigoi thanked Santos for its commitment to the Daffodil campaign and assistance in hosting the annual golf challenge.
“It is my pleasure to launch the Daffodil Corporate Golf Challenge on behalf of the board of the Papua New Guinea Cancer Foundation,” she said.
The Santos-funded golf event has been an annual activity on the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club’s charity event calendar since 2003, receiving great support from Port Moresby’s private and business community every year.
The annual golf challenge is held to encourage individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices to reduce their risk of cancer, and to inspire the message of hope for a healthier PNG.
In spite of the challenge of returning to normalcy after the Coronavirus, the foundation had conducted 20 community visits to implement its public health and cancer prevention education programmes schedule with the assistance generated from the golf challenge.
A sum of K144,000 had been raised from team registrations, an auction and raffle sales.