It was a blue Monday for Table Mountain, but not in the way you think. Our beautiful mountain lit up in blue last night in honour of International Childhood Cancer Day.
According to Traveller24, the blue light was sponsored by Childhood Cancer Foundation (CHOC), who have been supporting children with cancer for over 35 years. The mountain was illuminated to shine a light for those affected by the terrible disease and to make us reflect on this.
On the Table Mountain blog, they say that research shows the survival rate of children diagnosed with cancer in developed countries is around 80%, but the in South Africa it is only 50% as children are not diagnosed early enough. To see what work CHOC does check out this video.
If you want to volunteer, donate or just help CHOC out, click here to find out what you can do. You can also buy a Relate Bracelet for R39 at Woolworths to show your support.
Now let’s look at how beautiful Table Mountain was last night: