Movember

Movember is a portmanteau of the words mustache ( mustache) and November, indicating a native of Australia kind of fundraising. This can be a year in November, men grow mustaches to raise funds for the benefit of research and prevention of prostate cancer and other health problems of men during the month. " Movember " is organized as a foundation, which coordinates the action in currently (2012 and 2013) 21 countries and forwards donations to national research institutions. 2008, more than 170,000 men to " Movember " part, and collected donations totaling nearly $ 15 million A. About two-thirds of the participants and donations came from Australia.

History

" Movember " to have been introduced by a group of young men in Adelaide in 1999. Since 2004 and 2006 are available in Australia and New Zealand annual " Movember " events, whose aim is - in addition to donations - to draw attention to men's health. Primarily, it is about the prevention and better treatment of prostate cancer. But the research on depression and bipolar disorder are encouraged, as both diseases are prevalent in men, however, are under-diagnosed and treated too late or never. But donations are collected, the benefit of national organizations of research.

Prospective participants register on the website of " Movember ", only to start clean-shaven on November 1st. By the end of November can the participants grow a mustache, beard doing various forms are permitted. During this time, friends of the participant can donate in the name of money to Movember Inc.. Participants can form teams - for example within a company - and a fun way to enter into the competition for the highest donation amount is acquired. The fact that a mustache is perceived by most people during the early growth phase as rather unsightly, is contrary to the purpose: If a participant is asked about his sparse mustache, he can refer to his participation in Movember, and so solicit more donations. At the end of the month of November, a gala event takes place, in which the participants and teams will be honored with the highest donation amount, and in addition also the best 30 - day beard is named.

In Australia, the number of participants and donations increased since the first performance of " Movember " continuously. While 2004 - the first year of implementation in Australia - 55,000 $ A donated in 2005 was already $ 1.2 million A, 2006, then $ A 7.5 million, and $ 16.2 million in 2007 finally A. 2008 took Tim Mathieson, Life Fellow of the Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard and one of six " Men's Health Ambassadors " in Australia (Translated " health ambassador for Men" ), even to " Movember " in part by giving press conferences explants with developing beard, which he talked about the importance of prevention in dealing with prostate cancer.

Dissemination

New Zealand was two years after the original launch of the first country outside Australia, was carried out in the " Movember ". 2006 - the first year of implementation in New Zealand - were donated by approximately 10,000 participants NZ $ 830,000, in 2007 it was then about 26,000 subscribers and 2.1 million NZ $. While the data collected in New Zealand donations were passed in 2006 and 2007 by Movember Prostate Cancer Foundation Inc., to of New Zealand ( PCFNZ ), it came in June 2008 to a rift between Movember Inc. and PCFNZ: After the PCFNZ to the demand of Movember Inc. did not want to go for a rapid and controlled delivery of the donations for research and educational purposes, sought Movember Inc., new partners. Since then, in New Zealand by Movember Inc. the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand and the Cancer Society New Zealand supported. The Mental Health Foundation has activated the project " Out of the Blue ", which is intended to provide resources for men who suffer from depression. The Cancer Society uses the funds for research into prostate cancer, and for the support of affected patients.

Since 2007, people in Canada also participate in " Movember " where the donations to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada go. 2007, donated by " Movember " in Canada for this purpose more than half a million CAN $. Even in the United States was " Movember " for the first time 2007. Here, more than $ 700,000 was donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

In the UK, " Movember " 2007 was held for the first time, there were more than one million pounds of the participants donated to the " Prostate Cancer Charity ." 2008 called a number of large law firms in London on their employees to participate in " Movember ". Most donations - £ 60,000 - were introduced by Linklaters employees.

In Spain, the Fundación para la Educación Pública y la Formación en Cáncer beneficiaries of " Movember ".

2008, the action took place in Ireland. To this end, among other things, all the actors of the series The panel left on RTÉ One in the November Episode grow a beard. Donations in Ireland to the Irish Cancer Society benefit.

In the U.S., some professional athletes of the National Football League could be a sign of support are a mustache.

In Germany Movember is officially carried out since 2012. Since Movember has no private corporation based in Germany, the action in Germany is carried out by the Australian Movember Foundation in collaboration with a local partner. 2012 and 2013 is the partner of the Association of prostate cancer self-help eV This association provides donation receipts and decides together with Movember on the use of donations. In Germany, the Movember has spread for several years among the professionals of the German ice hockey leagues. Here, the clubs regularly collect donations in November for the Movember organization. Furthermore attracted the Bundesliga player Dominic Maroh from 1 FC Cologne and Roman Neustaedter of Schalke 04 in November 2013 quite a stir because were rarely sighted in the Bundesliga since the late 1980s mustaches. Maroh Neustadter and helped with their popularity and the German Movemberbewegung more attention.