OUTREACH

​CommuCare has multiple programs and activities. Browse by year to see what we have been working on:

2019   2013   2012   2011   2009
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2019

Mammogram Day - Kansas City, Kansas - August 31 | September 14
​CommuCare organized mammogram days for under-served women in partnership with Catholic Charities. This was the first of three events that Commucare is planning this year to provide breast cancer screening and increase breast cancer awareness among immigrant & refugee women. By bringing the service to the community, the mobile mammography van increases access to breast cancer screening in underserved communities. In partnership with KDHE, KU Medical Center, and Catholic Charities, women were able to get mammograms on August 31st and September 14th. Over 2 dozen women got breast cancer screening at this event. To read more about this event, please read our flyer:

Mammogram Day Flyer 2019

2013

Breast and Cervical Cancer Education for African Women - Olathe, Kansas - May 11, 2013
​In celebration of National Women’s Health Week, CommuCare held an educational workshop to increase women’s awareness of breast and cervical cancer. Women were empowered with knowledge about cancer risk factors, symptoms and available resources for screening. To read more about this event, please read our newsletter:

Breast & Cervical Cancer Education Workshop
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Mammogram Day 2013 - August 17, 2013
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Breast Cancer Awareness Event at Breakthrough Community Church, Shawnee, Kansas - October 27, 2013
Breast Cancer Awareness Event

2012

Breast Cancer Educational Workshop - Olathe, Kansas – August 4, 2012
CommuCare Services Inc. began its outreach to black African-born women on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 in efforts to help reduce breast cancer rates among this population.

​Please read our newsletter:

8.4.12 training newsletter

2011

Visit to HOTPEC Orphanage, Lower Bokova - Buea, South West Region, Cameroon, Africa – August 30, 2011
The Hephzibah Handicapped and Orphanage Training, Production and Ecstasy Centre (HOTPEC), is a non-governmental, non-denominational and non-political organisation conceived by Rev Tanne Zadock Mugri in 1983. HOTPEC started in 1995 with 5 children; 3 orphans, 2 handicapped and is managed by Rev. Tanne and his wife. The orphanage is home to over 80 children, who live there until they are fourteen years old, being trained in skills that will allow them a better chance in their adult lives. The orphanage is privately run and relies on what they can produce for themselves and donations made from abroad. Projects in the Cameroon unlike some areas of Africa receives very little funding. During the visit, CommuCare donated personal care items and first aid supplies for children and adults.
Visit to HOTPEC Orphanage
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Cameroon Association of Greater Kansas City Family Day - June 2011
​Every year, the Cameroon Association of Greater Kansas City organizes a Family Day where Cameroonians and their families and friends go to a park for a day of fun. Activities usually include a barbeque, soccer match between Cameroonians on the Kansas side of the State Line versus those on the Missouri side, children’s games and dance competitions, etc. Cameroonians use this occasion to share their culture (food, music, games, traditional outfit) with friends from other cultures.
Cameroon Association of Greater Kansas City Family Day

2009

Visit to Catholic Elementary School - Ngeme, South West Region, Cameroon, Africa – March 2009
​The name of the school is Catholic School, Ngeme – located in the South West region of Cameroon, West Africa. It is an elementary school with a total enrollment of about 140 students. Most of the children are from poor families. The cost of enrolling one student is about $30 a year, yet most families cannot afford it. The Head Teacher provided CommuCare with a list of their needs, and CommuCare will be working to provide these items and help to improve the health and wellbeing of children in that elementary school. 
Catholic Elementary School
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