Annual Pink Caravan Ride named in honour of volunteers and staff

Breast cancer awareness initiative The Pink Caravan Ride has announced its sixth annual horse riding event will be named the 'Soldiers of Pink Hope'.

The horseback trek through the seven emirates to date has involved more than 350 riders, 300 volunteers and 410 clinics. Wam

DUBAI // The Pink Caravan Ride says its sixth annual horse riding event will be known as Soldiers of Pink Hope.

Organisers of the initiative to raise awareness about breast cancer said the UAE-wide event would start in Sharjah on March 7.

It is organised in association with the Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP).

The horse ride through the seven emirates to date has involved more than 350 riders, 300 volunteers and 410 medical clinics.

The clinics offered breast cancer screening for more than 36,000 people, including 7,873 men. Riders visited 84 schools to hold lectures on the importance of early detection of breast cancer.

The theme of the sixth annual event was to “express our gratitude” to everyone from the nurses to the volunteers, said Ameera Binkaram, the president and the founding member of FOCP.

“Our soldiers played a key role in helping the Pink Caravan achieve its objectives of promoting breast cancer awareness, the importance of early detection and the elimination of misconceptions surrounding it,” she said.