The Sunday Mail
Extra Reporter
In a bid to raise awareness for cancer, University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and College of Health Sciences Rotaract Clubs will be holding an event dubbed “Harare Zumba World Attempt” on October 31 at the UZ stadium.
Working in partnership with the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) and Zumba trainers, more than 6 600 people are expected to attend the event.
The event is set to kick start at 0700hrs.
Mr Munashe Nyika, a medical student at UZ said they are anticipating that the event will be massive.
“We are hosting the biggest ever Zumbaton the world has ever seen. We hope to see people coming from across Harare to engage in this fun, energetic Latin-inspired dance that is set to get people moving and shaking,” he said.
“We are also aiming to spread the awareness of exercise and adoption of health lifestyles in the prevention of cancer.”
The Harare Zumba World Record Attempt was inspired by the increasing number of people suffering from cancer, and ever increasing cancer fundraising campaigns by families who have failed to raise the funding required for cancer treatment.
“It has become necessary for the greater portion of the country and indeed the world to come together and fight against this ever increasing burden of disease through health promotion and disease prevention initiatives such as this one,” added Mr Nyika.
Harare Zumba World Record Attempt will include talks on health lifestyles and health living, free blood pressure screening and blood sugar checks, and at the end of the event there will be the releasing of balloons in the air in commemoration of those that have lost the battle to cancer and those that are living with cancer today.
For those attending, they are urged to wear pink and bring a dollar to donate towards the CAZ to supporting people suffering from cancer across the country.
