Banking Karma Sewing Club

A big thank you to Savitri Devi for the 24 mastectomy pillows sewn for our collaboration with Suva Cancer Survivors. These unique pillows are funded by Pure Fiji as a continuing Pinktober donation and made from cheery Bula fabrics from Threads & Co Limited. The pillows are essential for post surgery recovery. They allow cancer warriors to sleep and heal better and provide a wound barrier on seat belts in cars for the many hospital visits. Thank you Pure Fiji and Savitri for your support of those fighting the fight of their lives!

Thank you to Manju Raj, Savitri Devi and Zeba Khalid of the Bula Broads Banking Karma Sewing Club for sewing another 24 mastectomy pillows for our breast cancer patients. We would like to thank Pure Fiji for the fabric, Dacron and machines donated during Pinktober 2023 to enable this project to continue. Over the last 5 years over 500 pillows have been donated to cancer warriors in the hospital , Suva Cancer Survivors and Fiji Cancer Society .

📣FREE SCREENING, SUVA📣

Suva our monthly free screening is back! Come and get yourself checked for any signs of HPV (Human papillomavirus) which could lead to cervical cancer. If you're sexually active, it's very important for you to get checked every 3 years. If you're due, come along to our clinic located at 2/333 Waimanu Rd, Suva and get checked.

Our clinic in Suva will be open from 9am-3pm from Tuesday (1st August), Wednesday (2nd August) and Thursday (3rd August) for free breast examination and pap smear test. No appointments necessary. 😊

Working with survivors on their pillows after breast cancer

Thank you Manju, Zeba and Savitri for sewing breast cancer drain bags and Bula Broads sparkle bags for our cancer warriors in CWM Hospital . These will be distributed by sister organisation Suva Cancer Survivors. Thank you also to Threads & Co Limited and Bula Broads for supplying the fabric for these important projects.

Thank you Manju and Zeba for beginning some more urgently needed mastectomy pillows, surgical drain bags and Bula Broads sparkle bags for our CWM hospital visits . All volunteers with Banking Karma Sewing Club also received a Pure Fiji gift forNational Volunteers Week to recognise their awesome efforts on behalf of the cancer community . Thank you to fabric sponsors Threads & Co Limited and Bula Broads.

Another successful donation to Suva Cancer Survivors of our unique items for our cancer ladies in the middle of their treatments. Single mastectomy pillows help our warriors sleep and protect scars while wearing a seatbelt. The sparkle and chemotherapy bags wil be filled with items needed in hospital stays or while undergoing chemotherapy treatments. All these items have been sewn by Savitri, Manju and Zeba from fabric donated by Threads & Co Limited and Bula Broads. Thank you ladies for your community service!

Thank you to Manju, Savitri and Zeba for sewing the latest Bula Broads donation of mastectomy pillows and chemotherapy head wraps. Vosita and Una from Suva Cancer Survivors picked up the donations today to distribute in CWM to our warriors. Thank you to Threads & Co Limited for help with fabric donations.

Some more cheery Mastectomy Pillows and head scarves going to Suva Cancer Survivors today. Thank you to all our sewing volunteers for donating their skills to help our cancer sisterhood.

Our Bula Broads sparkle bags and cancer turbans were distributed again by our sister organisation. Thank you to the volunteers sewing generously and to Threads & Co Limited for donating the fabric gir our projects with cancer.

Thank you to our sister organisation, Suva Cancer Survivors, for delivering more of our Bula Broads sparkle bags and mastectomy pillows to some new cancer warriors in Tailevu/Namisi Ward. Thank you Sister Alesi for providing the opportunity to help our sisterhood. Thank you to Threads & Co Limited for supplying fabric for our projects.

Wishing you and your family a joyous, happy Diwali.

Our Sparkle bags and mastectomy pillows are being distributed in CWM Hospital by the volunteers at our sister organisation , Suva Cancer Survivors. We thank our sponsors Threads & Co Limited, RG Direct and Bula Broads for their donations to our projects.