The topic of this presentation is the Pink Ribbon foundation. It handles briefly the history of the foundation and what it does. A presentation made for my Self Management class (HWR - Berlin).

1. Ourworld…

2. With a women’spopulation of 3,291,805,000

3. Onethirdof themwillfallvictim to somesort of cancer

4. 26% of themwillsufferfrombreastcancer

5. These womenneed all the support theycanget So do their families

6. Especially for them, a support organization was founded

7. Pink RibbonInternational

8. The Pink Ribbon became a symbol for Breast Cancer Awareness in 1991 The Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out Pink Ribbons to participants in its ‘New York City Race For Breast Cancer Survivors’

10. Pink Ribbon’sObjectives Public awareness and acceptance of breast cancer related issues (examining, education, research) Awareness Alignment Advocacy Accreditation Alliance Global alignment of local, national and international breast cancer initiatives Advocating for funding Public, Government, Health Care Institutions and Industry Procedure for using the official ribbon, preventing hoaxes and abuse Partnering with Public, Government, Health Care Institutions and Industry without losing independence

12. 90% go to accredited breast cancer projects

14. On Pink Ribbon’s website, you can easily get in contact with breast cancer victims, survivors and other affected through their blog and forum

16. www.pinkribbon.org Presentation by Ellen Servranckx All Pink Ribbon pictures taken frompinkribbon.org