Mouth Cancer Awareness

The walk, which took place on Saturday, 20^th September, 2014, in London’s Hyde Park, was a huge success and raised £26, 881.50. Team KCL Walkabout collected £1,451.29 in sponsorship and won a course of 10 Reiki sessions courtesy of Nirvana Spirit.

Team leader Puja Jethwa, her fellow students and friends Alice Harman, Rachel McCartney, Kevin Huynh, Jess Ak-hye, Maya Amlani, Farima Mehrabi, Tessmin Ooi, Sabrina Datu, Altaz Dagha and Marc Burton have made an impressive contribution in raising awareness of mouth cancer which still remains a relatively unknown disease despite affecting nearly 8000 people in the UK every year.

Team KCL Walkabout decided to participate in the walk because as dental students they understand how important it is to raise awareness of this debilitating disease, educate patients and stress the importance of regular dental checks. Puja says “I would strongly encourage anyone to take part in the Mouth Cancer 10KM Awareness Walk as it was a brilliant event. We walked with people who have survived mouth cancer, heard their stories and met their friends and families.”