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 ...