AsiaOne – August 2018

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“While working with the

foundation, we worked on creating

awareness about its symptoms

and chemotherapy procedures

or helping educate the people

who are cancer survivors. We

as a foundation worked to make

conscious effort to set up Cancer

awareness camps in the remote

areas of the country. We worked

towards creating an awareness

about it as well as encourage

people to be screened and detected

for cancer on a regular basis”

YOUWECAN FOUNDATION

The seeds of YouWeCan Foundation

were sown when the renowned

cricketer Yuvraj Singh was

undergoing a treatment for cancer

in a US hospital. His undeterred

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pictures of his treatment (including

the severe physical changes he we

underwent) on the social media. A

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Yuvraj to initiate Youwecan was

Lance Armstrong – the US cycling

legend who is himself a cancer

survivor and had sent an inspiring

message to him while he was

undergoing treatment and had

founded Livestrong Foundation,

an organization for improving the

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to the lives of cancer patients,

YouWeCan focuses on every

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and chemotherapy procedures or

helping educate the kids who are

cancer survivors. In a nutshell,

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notion that hope and help from the

near ones give the cancer patients

enough courage to face adversity

in its face.

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HEALTH

Under the health domain, Yuvraj

Singh Foundation launched its

initiative YOWECAN; under this

initiative it conducts, regular

Cancer awareness programs

which include Cancer’s causes,

control symptoms, early detection

with an aim to remove the stigma

within the society. Either directly

or through tie-ups, Yuvraj Singh

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Cancer screening medical camps

in rural areas. Additional regular

campus awareness programs are

conducted to raise awareness

YUVRAJ SINGH

Indian Cricket Player & Founder,

Youwecan

THE BENEVOLENT

HAND WHICH HEALS

Sharing a common vision of making a positive difference in the lives of those who

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the CSR arms of their parent corporate groups. But the fact remains that they

all deserve a huge applause for their service to humanity. AsiaOne presents a

panoramic coverage of the organizations which are doing their best in making

this world a better place through their initiatives in their chosen spheres.

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