1 thousand pairs of women's underwear, that's what the Belize Cancer Society of California intends to give out to Belize City women and girls.
It's a part of the organization's newest mission to educate women about the dangers of cervical cancer, and the importance of feminine health. Arlette
Pilgrim, the organisation's founder and president explained to us today that this panty donation should leave the same kind of message about the
seriousness of cervical cancer:
Arlette Pilgrim - Founder, Belize Cancer Society of California
"What we're doing is we purchased 1,000 underwear. I brought one with me and each underwear comes with a panty liner and it has an informational flyer
that talks about the signs and symptoms of cervical cancer - what you need to do, when you should get checked and what the causes are for cervical
cancer. This campaign has to do with women checking themselves, checking for discharge and that's why we have a panty liner because each discharge has
a different reason for each colour that you might see on your panty. So we want women to be aware of what the different discharges mean.I'm really
inviting them to come out to BTL park on Saturday from 3 o'clock until 5 o'clock. Spend the day with us, we're going to be talking about cervical
cancer, we're going to be giving them information - if they want to ask questions. We will also be giving out the panties for every woman. Like I said,
it's 1,000 women that I plan to reach this year."
Daniel Ortiz
"Do you think you will be able to give out each of those panties?"
Arlette Pilgrim
"I'm giving away every panty this year in this trip. Last year I brought prosthetic breasts for women and I also brought a teaching breast for women to
learn how to feel for lumps in their breasts. So this year I found prosthetic testicles and these testicles have lumps in them and I'm encouraging the
men to come out too - because I want them to come and feel and get use to what lumps are. We need to stop brake down the stereotypes and the taboos, we
need to be open about these issues, we need to talk openly to our friends and sisters because we want them to survive. We don't want people to wait
until it's too late to get help and die. Basically, i'm trying to prevent another death."
Her first event takes place tomorrow evening from 4 to 6 in the Port Loyola area, and she is inviting women and girls, and also the men to learn about
cervical cancer and testicular cancer. She will then hold another event on Saturday evening from 3 to 5 at the Memorial Park.
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