This Ismaili Women’s Cancer Support Group is working to bring more cancer awareness in the community and remove the stigma once attached to this disease.
The support group was started in 2002 after a needs assessment revealed an urgent requirement for such a forum to serve women affected by cancer. This was a collaborative initiative with the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).

This peer support group welcomes women affected by cancer – cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. Facilitators rigorously trained under the aegis of the Canadian Cancer Society lead the group.

In 2003 we formed a team, Team Salama, to participate in the Relay for Life and have been participating ever since.

Salama means being well, safe and at peace in Swahili.


Salama to you and yours.