EFKS church group studies health issues

Friday, September 6th, 2013

An EFKS (Congregational Christian Church) church in Faatoia, near Apia in Samoa has just concluded five weeks of sessions covering major health issues.

The initiative, lead by Reverend Paulo Koria, was run in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and covered a range of issues including communicable and non-communicable diseases and healthy living.

At the last session the Samoa Cancer Society was invited to share its message with the congregation.

The highlight of the session was the personal story of 20 year old ovarian cancer survivor, Ms Aloema Salu of Saleimoa, who recently returned from New Zealand after successfully going through cancer treatment.

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Savali News
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