Chronicle (Zimbabwe)

Bosso launch breast cancer awareness campaign

- Innocent Kurira Sports Reporter

HIGHLANDER­S have introduced the Soccer4Her campaign aimed at spreading breast cancer awareness.

Every October, people all over the world show their support for people affected by cancer. Bosso communicat­ions officer Ronald Moyo said football had a role to play in the fight against breast cancer.

“As a club, we realised that despite the fact that football is a family sport, it has not been an accommodat­ive space for women,” said Moyo.

He said the club had a big role to play in spreading breast cancer awareness in society.

“This is something we can’t ignore anymore if the sport is to grow. But as Highlander­s, we are not only looking at this from football perspectiv­e because we are more than a football club. We don’t exist in a vacuum. We don’t exist in isolation, but we exist within society and our growth is dependent on that particular society. So this problem is due to various reasons and factors, and most of those reasons can be best understood through engaging society.”

He said the club decided to engage women’s organisati­ons such as Amakhosika­zi Media, Youth for Innovation, Young Women’s Alliance and their partners Arenel to find answers to this problem.

“It’s a campaign whose main objective is to make football in general, and Highlander­s in particular, a friendly environmen­t for women. We hope for active social involvemen­t because the solution lies within society,” Moyo said.

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