Nine clubs participated in the maiden edition of FFF, which was won by Bethel Logistics after defeating Izone 3-1 on penalties in the finals.

Other teams that participated in the maiden edition were; Rotary Club of Accra Legon, Rotary Club of Ring Road Central, Rotary Club of La East, Rotary Club of Labone, ECOBANK, Express pay and Pergola.

Mrs Rosemary Amarh – Kwanteng, President of Rotary Club of Accra - La East said, the FFF was aimed at raising a minimum amount of GHC10, 000 to support the eye cancer project.

She said, as a club, they were happy with the success chalked in their first major event, which was the fund raising exercise.

“It is our maiden event as a club since our inception a year ago. It has been successful and we are happy to be able to plan this within a short time,” she said.

She said the Eye Cancer Screening project would be the second for the club since its inception a year ago.

Mrs. Amarh – Kwantreng said, the project was estimated at a cost of 60,000 Euro, adding that, they would undertake the project in collaboration with Rotary Club of Dortmund and Rotary Club of Bloomberg in Germany and with support from other sponsors.

“For our first project we bought medical equipment for La General Hospital. It was for the Paediatric Unit and we have been doing this because we are a community based club.”

Dr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Project Chair for the club said, the project would focus on Retinoblastoma, which is the number one childhood malignant eye cancer in the World.

He said, there was no National childhood eye screening for retinoblastoma, adding that the pilot for the screening, would start from villages outside Accra.

“We are looking at a way to increase the early detection of retinoblastoma in Children.

The incidence is around 15-20,000 births per year in the developed world.

Over an 18 month period from May 04-Dec 05, there were 23 cases in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Last year was a bumper year at around 40 cases.

The majority of cases unfortunately were presented late with reduced ability for us to salvage any reasonable vision.

Unfortunately, if both eyes are affected the patient might have to lose the two eyes to save their life,” he said.

He said, the project expected to be undertaken by the first quarter of next year would hopefully be able to increase early detection of retinoblastoma and get the corrective surgeries done.