Do Not Delay! is a project to bring breast cancer screening to the women of Lithuania. In 2003, the death rate from breast cancer in Lithuania was the highest in Europe but the work of Do Not Delay! has already reduced that in only six years.
Do Not Delay! was started by Agnė Zuokienė. It runs the Pink Bus, a mobile breast cancer screening unit that travels all over Lithuania, even to the most remote areas, to take the important message about regular breast screening to all the women it can reach.
The Pink Bus run by Do Not Delay has already reached 445 towns and cities in Lithuania and over 40 000 women have been screened for breast cancer with the help of the special equipment carried by the Pink Bus. A fifth of those examine had benign breast tumours but 473 were found to have breast cancer. Their cancer was diagnosed earlier than it would have been and potentially life-saving treatment has been started.
Do Not Delay! and its Pink Bus can help many more women and reduce the death rate from breast cancer in Lithuania even further. But running the Pink Bus and providing the breast screening equipment is expensive. This is why the funding by the partnership with Intersecond Ltd is so vital.
About Mercy Ships
Around the world, billions of people live in fear and desperation - with impure water, inadequate food, and little or no access to health care. More than 1.2 billion people survive on less than $1 per day. Nearly 50% of Africa's population has no access to a hospital or doctor. More than 6 million children die each year from completely preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia. But, behind every statistic is a story, a life - a person waiting for hope and healing.
Mercy Ships, a global charity, has operated a fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Following the best example of humanism in our days, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide. This is why the funding by the partnership with Intersecond Ltd is so vital.
New projects, new partners
Intersecond Ltd welcomes other bona fide charities who would like to work with us. Intersecond Ltd can provide the benefits and profits from bag collections but without the hassle of the charity having to organise and run the bag collections.
Important note!
We are kindly asking you not to leave your donation bags outside over night as they may get stolen. Please always leave your donations outside on the morning before 9am. This will help prevent any illegal collections (theft) of our donation bags. Thank you for your support.
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During 2009 our monthly donations to the "Do Not Delay!" project have risen from £1200 a month to £5000 a month. That made up £46,600 the breast cancer prevention programme has received from us this year.
Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags
Environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags are now used for the "Do Not Delay!".Project collections. These bags are made of plastics which decompose in landfill in approximately 24 months leaving a non-toxic residue. Thank you from Intersecond!
The Intersecond team would like to thank everyone who has already given clothing donations - these mean a great deal to us, to our partner Azzara and to the women in Lithuania who are benefiting from the "Do Not Delay!" project.
