GHANA— Childhood Cancer Ambassador, the late Breanna Fosua Addai, has been conferred with the Difference-Maker award by the Dison International School.
The award was presented by the Executive Director of Dison International School, Mr Alexander Nnoma-Addison, at their 10th anniversary celebration in Accra.
The “Difference-Maker” award posthumously recognizes the late Breanna’s impact made towards the fight against childhood cancer.
The award statement read, “The Board, Management, Staff and students of Dison International School are pleased to confer on you, Miss Breanna Addai, the honour for leading the fight for global attention to childhood cancers.”
The award statement also noted that Breana Addai charged world leaders to make key interventions to support the healthcare of children with cancers.
“You fought a good fight. You lived an impactful life. Your legacy lives on,” the award statement concluded.
Mr Solomon Addai, Breanna’s father and Executive Director of Breanna Memorial Childhood Cancer Foundation who received the award on behalf of her late daughter expressed gratitude to the school for the recognition.
He said even though the daughter lived a short life, she made a lot of impact of which he would continue to ensure childhood cancer was given the most attention.
“We’re pleased with this recognition, and we thank Dison International School for this award even after her short stay in the school and the impact made to the world. This indeed showed that Breana fought a good fight and so, we’re grateful and will continue the legacy left behind,” Addai added.
Mr Addai revealed that, as part of efforts, the foundation established in the name of Breanna had embarked on many sustainable initiatives.
The initiatives include a book written in her memory titled, ‘A short life, huge impact – Little Breanna’s story’ which would be launched by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo on August 3, 2023.
Again, he said the foundation had initiated awareness creation dubbed ‘Breanna Memorial Childhood Cancer Awareness Walk’ in partnership with the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) which would be embarked on every September as part of cancer awareness creation.
Mr Addai said to offer a sustainable solution and support the government and the NHIA in the fight against childhood cancer treatment, the foundation had also developed a USSD code (*789*333#) that allowed mobile phone users to subscribe and donate per month towards the treatment of childhood cancer.
“This will be launched together with the book to enable mobile phone users to subscribe and donate and above every month from their airtime to support childhood cancer,” Addai inferred.
He urged individuals and corporate organisations to support the foundation to make the dream of Little Breanna come true to help fight childhood cancer in the country.
Breanna Fosua, short but impactful life
Breanna Fosua Addai died at age nine at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on August 3, 2022, after battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL).
Little Breanna who was a childhood cancer ambassador to Ghana and wished to be a lawyer someday fought a good fight to bring childhood cancers to the attention of authorities.
Breanna who was worried on the impact of the Ukraine-Russian war, called on world leaders to ensure the safety of the children in Ukraine since their lives were in danger.
Her plea was heard as over 21 Ukrainian children with cancer were flown to the United Kingdom to undergo lifesaving cancer treatment on the National Health Service (NHS).
The Breanna Memorial Childhood Cancer Foundation is a non-governmental organization established in Ghana by Mr. Solomon Addai in 2022 in memory of his beloved daughter, Breanna Fosua Addai.
The Foundation seeks to advocate for research into childhood cancers especially in Ghana, training of health care professionals for cancer and cancer-related conditions as well as support for children living with cancer.
The foundation aims to carry on with the legacy little Breanna left behind in the fight against childhood cancer in Ghana and beyond to reduce the global cancer burden.
The Foundation aims to support and promote efforts towards ensuring that cancer management continues to be a priority on the world health and development agenda.
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