More than 4,000 students from 12 engineering and arts and science colleges formed ‘Pink Ribbon’ as part of Dindigul Turns Pink, Breast Cancer Awareness Movement, on Tuesday morning.
Holding pink placards, the girls assembled on Achuta Academy School campus and formed a ‘Pink Ribbon’.
At the awareness campaign, Rotary Club of Dindigul Queen City secretary Sharmila Balaguru said that 100 ‘Pink Warriors’ from various colleges were identified to support, educate and empower other students of their colleges and those living near their houses to fight against breast cancer, and propagate the ill-effects of breast cancer.
They would also be trained in simple methods and self-analysis to detect breast cancer by experts.
Experts sensitised students to breast cancer, its symptoms, treatment, prevention and self-examination methods.
Six prominent persons, including Dindigul MLA K. Balabarathi and Dr. R. Kousalya Devi, were roped in as Pink Ambassadors to take up the message of ‘Beating Breast Cancer’.
The campaign would not end with ribbon formation, but would be acontinuous process, Dr. Sharmila said.
Ms. Balabarathi, Rotary Governor M. Muruganandam, Pink Ambassador of ‘Chennai Turns Pink’ Kala master and others spoke.
‘End of breast cancer starts with you’ was the message sent out to thousands of young women who participated in ‘Pink Ribbon’ formation.
