NGO representatives receive certificates from US Ambassador Cianchette for their community grant proposals to combat breast cancer

Second Phase of the Global Breast Cancer Initiative Begins

San Jose – March 11, 2009

U.S. Ambassador Peter Cianchette participated in the opening ceremony of the second phase of the Global Initiative of Breast Cancer Awareness, launched in July 2007 as a public-private partnership initiative between the U.S. Department of State, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the International Institute for Education.  In this second phase, eight Community Programs created by NGOs that participated in grant workshops during the first phase will be financed.   The financing for all projects, which focus on breast health, surpasses $40,000 and is funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the worldwide leader in the struggle against breast cancer.

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