About US
Bringing People Together to Fight Cancer with Hope
Our Mission
1. Provide Advice and Support especially at local levels and within communities
Areas of Advice include:
- Advice on difference cancers and treatments available
- Advise on changes within relationships and how to navigate these to ensure improved wellbeing
- Advice on preparations in terminal cases
- Advise on wellness and spiritual wellbeing where appropriate its being sought
Areas of support include:
- Connecting cancer sufferers in safe environments where they can just be themselves and share their cancer journey
- Arranging ‘normal’ day outings for sufferers to break away from the monotony and constant feel of living under a cancer cloud.
- Connecting carers with other carers and network groups
- Arranging and offering ‘respite’ days for care givers
2. To increase early detection of Cancer especially in poor and developing nations
The cancer journey begins with detection and diagnosis as a sufferer, and successful outcomes heavily rely on early detection. We hope to increase early detection through:
- The Roots and Gene’s Platform which maps cancer occurrence within families, ethnicities, communities, countries, regions and continents.
3. Provide accurate data to government, Health Authorities, Hospitals, NGO’s, Researchers, Pharmaceuticals and other Charities working in the health sector. Data on prevalence, detection, effectiveness of types of cures within different regions, peoples and underlying genetic links. Good Data aids planning and delivery of good health systems.
Our Story
Inspiration and Origins
In the summer of 2014, Theresa Nkatya Kalunga only by chance, was found with cancer whilst being examined and treated after spine surgery. Unfortunately, it was determined as stage Three which meant that it was too far gone and her life expectancy was at best a several of months.
We did not give up and neither did she, and so we embarked on revolutionary targeted cancer therapy. Two years later in March 2016, we believed the battle was almost won when the tumours where found to have shrunk almost Seventy Percent; and some, were now merely lesions.
Inspired that Mum could be a cancer survivor, it was then the idea of setting up a cancer charity with her once she was well enough started evolving. Her cancer journey combined with our experiences, could help others travel the same journey better; this journey on which we, sometimes pretty much stumbled along. Unfortunately, it was not to be. As miraculous as her improvement had been, she turned so suddenly for the worst and left us on the morning of 13th October 2016.
![Mrs T [Smiling]](https://theresa.astutedigilab.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Mrs-T-Smiling-rdwo60r6f3hnngoq37fwajdkexa1cuxw5l8gy0x9xk.jpg "Mrs T [Smiling]")
This cancer journey opened our eyes. Five years earlier, Theresa’s younger sister (Peline) had died of cervical cancer and whilst Theresa herself was undergoing treatment, her younger brother (Hubert) was diagnosed with liver cancer and he passed on within the same year of diagnosis (2015). Obvious questions came to mind and it was then we subsequently found out that their mother (Ephemia) had died of cancer too. And to crown it all, after Theresa’s death, her immediate younger brother (Marcel) was diagnosed with prostate cancer too. In one family, it was one occurrence too many, to be coincidental.
After her death, we took a year to catch our breath during which time it became even more evident that this charity if set up with the right aims, could help many people and bring meaning to Theresa’s suffering and death; and the simple fact was really that, as a family we were still living under the shadow of cancer which probably placed us in the unique position to act, for ourselves first, and yet bring benefit to others.
Theresa firmly believed she had divine protection during her time in hospital. She recounted to us her experiences and visions from whilst she was in intensive care. Throughout her illness, she always had her bible by her side and her rosary around her neck or in her hands; praying. She also felt blessed and fortunate to have people around her and far away who took great interest in her physical and human wellbeing. These were the divine and human angels holding her hand during her cancer journey; regardless of spiritual belief or not.
In acknowledgement of the people who touched Theresa life and ours during this journey, people we acknowledge as angels on earth, and those of the spiritual realm, it was only logical to name the charity, ‘Theresa and Mike’s Angels Cancer Foundation’, in the hope that we too and others, could be angels for those who are yet to live under the shadow of cancer and that maybe, we could lighten their load.
Our Team
Our Partners
Local
We aim to achieve our goals through our own army of
volunteers. We only want to work with exceptional and
motivated volunteers who are passionate about our cause and
care about people. However, we cannot deliver and fulfil our
mission alone.
We are therefore developing relationships with a few local
partners in the areas of support and advice to sufferers and
their carers in order to ensure that we reach as many people
as possible.
International
There are international organisations which are essential to
what we do. These organisations such as Cancer Research UK
( who are the worlds largest independent cancer
researchorganisation) not only possess knowledge but also a
wealth of information resources which should be made more
readily available in poor and developing nations. We want to
build such collaborations with many more relevant
international organisations.
We also hope to build partnerships with the World Health
Organisation (WHO) who are central to delivery of better
health outcomes across the entire world.