Fafa Gozo honoured with two Triumph Awards for cancer advocacy

Founder of the Dzidula Pink Foundation, Madam Fafa Gozo, has received two honours at the 2026 Triumph Women Awards for her advocacy and support for people living with cancer.

Gozo was presented with the Triumph She Hero of the Year and Triumph Woman Advocate of the Year awards at the third edition of the ceremony held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel on Sunday, September 27, 2026, in Accra.

Speaking after receiving the awards, Gozo described the recognition as a humbling and honourable moment and expressed gratitude to the organisers and those who nominated her.

“I feel humbled, I feel honoured and I am very grateful,” she said.

Gozo, a cancer survivor with more than 20 years of professional experience in aviation security, said her work through the Dzidula Pink Foundation was inspired by her personal experience with the disease.

She said the foundation focuses on cancer advocacy, education, and financial support for patients, particularly those who face financial difficulties in accessing treatment.

“This is very personal to me because it is a lived experience. I have been there and I know what it takes to fight cancer and win,” she said.

“Out of pain, purpose was born,” she added, explaining the motivation behind the establishment of the foundation.

Gozo said although the foundation was based in Accra, its activities extended to other parts of the country.

She said the foundation had planned a series of activities for October, including breast cancer awareness and educational engagements at schools in the Volta Region, including Keta Secondary School and Sogakope Secondary School.

She said the foundation would also undertake engagements in the Central Region, collaborate with hospitals on cancer screening, and organise a two-day breast cancer awareness programme at Wassa Akropong.

The founder said the foundation would mark its first anniversary on December 4, although its activities began before its formal launch.

On support for cancer patients, Gozo said financial challenges remained a major barrier to treatment and appealed to the public to support the foundation.

“A lot of women are willing to undergo treatment, but financial challenges are one big problem that is preventing them,” she said.

“You don’t need to break the bank. You could just tell yourself, at the end of every month, you want to give the foundation 100 Ghana cedis or 500 Ghana cedis. Believe me, whatever you are giving is the hope someone out there needs,” she said.

Gozo said the two awards had further strengthened her resolve to expand the foundation’s work.

“For someone to nominate me and for me to win those awards just confirms whatever I am doing out there is being seen. So, this will spur me on more and make me do more,” she said.

She said the foundation’s activities would next focus on the Volta Region, with plans to extend its outreach to the Northern Region in the future.

The Dzidula Pink Foundation is dedicated to cancer education, awareness creation, and financial support for patients in Ghana.

According to the foundation, “Dzidula,” which means “Conqueror” in Ewe, reflects its mission of giving hope to people facing cancer and supporting them through some of life’s most difficult battles.

By Joseph Kobla Wemakor