KUCHING: Three women shared their experiences and struggle with cancer at the ‘My Story, Your Story, Our Story’ talk organised by the state Women and Family Development Department on Wednesday.
The event was held in conjunction with the state-level Women’s Day themed ‘Women and Health’ which will be celebrated in November.
Giving their testimonies were Emelyne Carmen Ho who shared on ‘My Journey to Becoming Fearless: My Story; Dany Neb (My Road to Recovery: Breast Cancer Survivor); and Malaysia’s celebrity, Zarina Zainuddin, who talked about ‘My Life as a Caregiver: Me and My Autistic Children’.
Held at the Pullman Hotel, the event was graced by Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Hajah Fatimah Abdullah, who was also the talk moderator.
“Our wishes for those who are here today are to listen to these three personalities whom we have chosen, so that they can be your inspirations.
“These inspirations are important for us to know where these personalities’ strength came from, so that they can be our inspirations to achieve wellbeing for our self, family and community,” she said.
According to Fatimah, the personalities were from different backgrounds and of different age. At 20 years old, Emelyne Carmen Ho who shared her life as a thalassaemia survivor was the youngest among them. At the event, a book entitled ‘The Journey to Become Fearless: A Story of Hope, Courage & Strength’ written by Ho was also sold for RM60 per copy. All the proceeds from the book sales will be given to a selected charity body.
On another matter, the minister said a Health Run would be held on November 4 as part of the activities to celebrate the Women’s Day which falls on November 3.
“We are also in the process of producing a book called ‘Sarawak Women in Wellness’ among other activities which will be part of the Women’s Day celebration,” she added.
Meanwhile, the sharing event on Tuesday was attended by some 1,200 people from all walks of life.
Among them were Assistant Minister of Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali and Batang Lupar Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim.
