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Respected Principal, Teaching Faculty & Dear Children, “Good Morning /

Afternoon Children”. I on behalf of our organization Care Promise Welfare Society,
convey my sincere thanks to the school management for giving us a chance to create
awareness among the school children regarding Cancer & Hepatitis-B. Our society is
working to generate awareness in public about dreaded diseases like cancer & hepatitis
to the extent possible to help needy patients affected by diseases. Our NGO was
established & registered in year 2002 and since then we have been providing financial
help & moral support to poor patients. Till date we have educated more than 50 Lakhs
students in more than 6000 schools all over India and have also helped more than 200
patients with Rs. 50 Lakhs of donations.

I would like to tell you why awareness is required. You will be too astonished to
know that 80% patients of cancer like chronic diseases can be saved if it is diagnosed in
the primary stage. Many primary symptoms of cancer are painless & many people in the
beginning do not believe that they can suffer from cancer like complicated diseases.
Please do not ignore any such symptoms and quick medical check-up must be done.

First I will talk about Hepatitis. Hepatitis is found in many forms such as HEP, A, B,
C, D & E.

Hepatitis-A

Because of carelessness in cleanliness & dirt around us, everyone is prone to it.
Hep. A is an infectious disease. Once a child is sick in school, crèche or family then others
around him/her should be careful then only they can escape from Hep. A.

Other precautions are:-

1. Food Items uncooked or half cooked must always be kept covered. Do not use
such food items which came in contact with dust & flies.

2. Till the extent possible, you should eat pure home cooked food. If you have to eat
out side, you should eat in clean restaurants.

3. Your all family members should have their nails cut.

4. You should wash your hands with soap before eating, serving and cooking food.

5. If you have doubt on purity of water. You should first boil, filter & then use the
pure water.

6. Green vegetables, fruits & Salads should be thoroughly washed before eating.

7. Your socks and handkerchief must be washed separately from other clothes.
 8. In summer, ice sold in market from ice factory should not be directly used. But if

You have to use then put water bottles in ice & to use cold water from the bottles.

Please remember Hep.-A vaccination is available. If somebody is suffering from Hep. A.,
then others should also take Hep. A. Vaccination.

Hepatitis-B

Hepatitis B is today one of the four top killer diseases. Viral infects liver. It is also
called silent killer if virus enters once in our body. It is not known when it will be fully
blown & it may take two months, two years or ten years and it may leads to liver cancer
also.

How Hepatitis B spreads: -

1. From body fluids of infected person.

2. Infected pregnant mother to child.

3. Infected one child to other.

4. From infectious syringe & blood transfusion.

5. Acupuncture, tattooing or body piercing done by dirty tools.

6. Getting pierced from the needle that has infected blood on it.

7. Sharing tooth brush or shaving razor of an infected person.

Precautions:-

1. Every member of the family should have separate toothbrush & shaving blade/
razor.

2. Female child whose ear & nose piercing is done should be careful that needle
used is properly sterilized.

3. When you go to a Dental Surgeon or for other treatment, ensure that tools are
sterilized.

4. Disposable syringes which are cheap in price are easily available. If old syringe has
to be used, then ensure that it should be boiled for 20 minutes & start counting
20 minutes after it starts boiling.
 5. If any member of the family needs blood and if you have to take from
professional donor, get the blood tested for Hep-B virus.

Symptoms:-

Person feels weak, tired, has fever, feel weak abdomen, dark yellow urine, light
colored stool, yellow eyes & skin (called jaundice.)

Hepatitis or Jaundice patients should take care of followings:-

1. To the extent possible, patients should take rest.

2. Should not lift heavy items.

3. He should take carbohydrate rich food such as potatoes, rice, sugar & glucose.

4. His clothes should be washed separately.

5. Hep.-B patients should not be given medicines in Large quantities because more
medicines may damage liver cell & increases disease.

Students, whatever I have told you verbally you may forget something. You will
get a form from your teachers in which this is written in details. You need to tell
your family members friends & relatives about this so that more people may be
aware and save themselves from such diseases.

Now I tell you that what is Cancer:-

Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of

abnormal cells in different parts of the body through Blood, Lymph Vessels and
also through tissue spaces. It starts as a single cell which multiples abnormally
resulting in Tumors. Tumors are of two types:-

1. Benign Tumours – These tumours are normally harmless. It arises at one

place of our body and do not spread to other parts of our body. It may be
harmful on account of their size when the areas near vital organs like
lungs, Brain, Artery and Veins get affected.

2. Malignant Tumours – These tumours are real cancer. It arises at one place
of our body and from there it spread to the other parts of our body
through Blood Lymph and Tissues.

3. There is another form of cancer also which is known as Blood cancer or

leukemia in which abnormal production of white blood cells (W.B.C.) are
thrown in the blood circulation. Generally in healthy person WBC ranges
 from 8000 to 11000 per Cubic Milli Liter of blood while in a Leukemia
patient the number of WBC is abnormally high, it reaches in lakhs per
Cubic Milli Liter of blood.

Now, I will tell you some of its main symptoms:-

1. If there is a feeling of irritation, Numbness, partial paralysis of any kind or

suspect these or any of these symptoms in any person, please advise him to
go to the nearest government hospital immediately for checkup. Some of the
main symptoms are –

2. Conjunctivitis with hemorrhage in the eyes.

3. Ulcers in mouth, white or red patches on the inner lining of cheeks, under the
lip or tongue or partial closure of mouth.

4. Unexplained persistent cough, hoarseness of voice which continues.

5. Difficulty / pain in swallowing, loss of weight, appetite or change in the bowel

habits, loose motions.

6. Blood in vomit, cough, stool, or urine.

7. Any new swallowing or lump – painful or painless.

8. An ulcer or wound which does not heel up to two or three weeks or changes
in the shape, size and color of a mole present on the body.

9. Continuous Fever.

If you find or suspect these or any of these symptoms in any person, please
advise him to go to the nearest government hospital immediately for
checkup. The diagnose of the cancer can be done usually by:

1. Self-examination

2. Blood Tests

3. Biopsy

4. X-rays

5. Ultra sound

6. Mammography

7. MRI / CT Scan
Now we will talk about the causes of beginning of the Cancer. Some of the main Causes
are: -

1. Pollution in the air.

2. Drinking of polluted water.

3. Adulteration in food.

4. Chemicals, Insecticides, Pesticides, Asbestos cement..

5. Ultra Violet Rays, short Wave length Rays.

6. Irritation by defective dentures.

7. Chewing of Pan Masala, Gutka, Tobacco, Khaini.

8. Smoking of Beedi, Cigarette.

9. Drinking of wine etc.

Now we will talk about prevention. First of all we have to bring a little bit change in
our life style, with this change we can keep ourselves far away from the diseases.

1. We should eat less saturated fats, Salts.

2. We should use fresh leafy green vegetables, Soya food.

3. Food enriched with vitamin A, E & C – like Amla, Tomato, Lemon, Fresh
Vegitables and fruit juices.

4. We should maintain good personal hygiene.

5. We should drink clean, purified filtered water.

6. We should take vaccination against Hepatitis B, if unchecked and untreated

may be the cause of liver cancer.

7. We should avoid over exposure to sunrays or polluted atmosphere

particularly with Radiation or chemicals like Asbestos, Benzene, and short
wave length rays.

8. We should not take excess of coloured and preserved edibles.

9. We should avoid edibles in colored recycled polythene bags and

10. We must get check up ourselves at least once a year and if we find or suspect
any abnormality in our body we must consult our Doctor immediately without
any delay.
The Government has declared a war against these kinds of ‘Killer Diseases’ and
we are in the field to cooperate the Government. In this meaningful war we seek
and need your direct participation by making as many people aware as you can
by spreading our message to more people about these diseases. Lets take oath
–“We will abolish the names of these kind of killer diseases from the sky of the
universe.”

So please make aware as many people as you can by telling them the symptoms
of the disease along with do’s and don’ts – for this we will give you this form on
which all information which I have just told you, is printed. Please read it carefully
yourself and tell to your parents, relatives. Neighbors, friends, families (those
friend families other then the school friend circle) tell to all of them to read it
carefully. First of all take the signature of your parents as their consent to
participate in this meaningful awareness campaign but remember don’t
approach any unknown or stranger person. In this process if any person wants to
donate money voluntarily, accept that through this from and deposit with your
class teacher along with this Sponsor forms duly signed by you, your parents and
the donor. Your each and every effort will be recognized by our society. Its detail
is also printed on this form. You are requested not to lose the form, not to throw
on the road or in the dustbin nor torn it. This form is not just a simple form. It is a
document containing important information useful for our own life. After making
awareness to the people, please return it to your class teacher.

I am once again very thankful to the Principal for giving permission to our NGO
(CPWS) to deliver Assembly Talk, all the staff members and to all the children for
listening to me peacefully and attentively.

------- Thanks a lot ----