Bosom Buddies

Our Mission: To provide informative and emotional support to all those affected by breast cancer.

In 2005, Bosom Buddies was created as a project of the Breast Health Foundation, to form a "breast cancer chain of survival", with the intention of redefining perceptions of breast cancer and promoting a positive mindset of survival, recovery and quality of life.

Bosom Buddies provides emotional support to men & woman affected by breast cancer at point of diagnosis, during any treatment and thereafter. Run by volunteers, the "buddies" create a loving, warm and compassionate environment in which they support not only the breast cancer patients but also their spouses, partners, parents, children, siblings and friends.

When a patient is diagnosed with breast cancer, trauma and shock are experienced by both the patient and those close to him/her. It is enormously comforting and helpful to be able to identify with someone who has been through a similar ordeal. Our buddies guide and provide information to patients and loved ones through challenging times.

Support is provided through:

telephone calls: Patients and their loved ones are linked to a buddie who provides support telephonically..

public meetings: Approximately every six weeks a public meeting is held where breast cancer patients and their support systems can listen to talks on issues related to breast cancer and also connect with other patients and survivors.

other: Walkathons, Spinathons, Golf Days, and many other breast cancer related events.

Gone are the days when the breast cancer patient felt the need to keep his/her disease hidden from society. What better way to cope with the experience than with the comfort of a buddie?

Where Can We Meet

Patients and their loved ones can contact Bosom Buddies for telephonic support, by contacting the Support Coordinator Christel Klima on (011) 787 6443 or (078) 108 4386

Public Meetings

You are invited to join us at our public meetings, where breast cancer patients and their friends and family have an opportunity to mix with other patients and survivors, as well as listen to talks on issues related to breast cancer.

Become A Buddy

There is something for everyone at Bosom Buddies and we would love you to join us and welcome you into our warm, friendly and understanding community. You also need not be a patient or survivor to join. You can choose what you would like to be involved with: providing support to other patients and/or their support system.

Alternatively you could be involved with the business development side which is the marketing, promoting and branding side of Bosom Buddies. Finally there is the project management and administration functions of Bosom Buddies where a variety of aspects from strategy design and implementation to office admin tasks require help with. If you would like to get involved, please contact
Louise Turner on (076) 479 0400.

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Louise Turner on (076) 479 0400.