Love Your Nuts Foundation

4.9 from 16 activities
 Oranjezicht, Western Cape

Help this Cause find more volunteers and donors

Love Your Nuts Foundation

category

Health

address

200 Upper Buitenkant St, Oranjezicht, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Find us on

We help young South Africans to detect cancer early by educating them about the importance of early detection..

How can you help?

More about Love Your Nuts Foundation

Our Purpose The goal of Love Your Nuts (LYN) is to raise awareness of testicular cancer by educating communities about the rarely spoken about cancer that often remains undetected in young adults due to our diverse society in South Africa, where cultural taboos, stigmas and a lack of knowledge about the subject is widespread. What we do We believe that no men would die of testicular cancer if they knew about this young man’s cancer. Boys/men die for the following 2 reasons: 1. During puberty the body changes. Boys feel these lumps but think it is part of growing up. 2. Men feel the lumps but find it too embarrassing to go to the doctor. If they knew that it could be cancer their lives could have been saved. If we can bring awareness to all boys/men in an early stage in their lives they will be saved. Knowledge and early detection is the best weapon against cancer! We focus on education, awareness and support: Education Our Cancer Smart School Programme teaches children ...

Our staff (2)

Keaton Harris profile photo

Keaton Harris

Student Doctor & Pharmacist, App Development Team

Torsten Koehler profile photo

Torsten Koehler

CEO & Founder

Photos

Nuts & Bolts Rally raising awareness and funds for #loveyournuts This is what they do: ...

Nuts & Bolts Rally raising awareness and funds for #loveyournuts
This is what they do: With old cars (25 years and older) on non-tarred roads for 1450 km they simulate a cancer journey ... it’s tough, it’s exhausting, full of obstacles and challenges! 
And you need buddy support!

Talks at schools Testicular cancer is a young man's cancer. The youngest guy I met in a ...

Talks at schools
Testicular cancer is a young man's cancer. The youngest guy I met in a clinic was 12 years old (Torsten Koehler). Early detection is livesaving!

Talk at corporates We use humour to turn this taboo topic into an educational talk.

Talk at corporates
We use humour to turn this taboo topic into an educational talk

How does a testicular cancer feel like? We use educational testis models where one can ...

How does a testicular cancer feel like?
We use educational testis models where one can feel how it feels.

Corporates can invite us to give an educational talk in a humorous way - the only time ...

Corporates can invite us to give an educational  talk in a humorous way - the only time men will listen. ;-)

Are you a cyclist? Please join the team. See one of the needs on how to get involved...

Are you a cyclist? Please join the team. See one of the needs on how to get involved. With a little effort your #loveyournuts merchandise is for free.

#loveyournuts runners at various events. You can join them too. See under needs how to ...

#loveyournuts runners at various events. You can join them too. See under needs how to get involved.

The Nuts Team that cycled from Joburg to Durban to raise awareness and funds. They are ...

The Nuts Team that cycled from Joburg to Durban to raise awareness and funds.
They are doing it again in August 2018

Get inspired!

We’ll send you news, national and international campaigns and exciting ways to give back.