[THE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY] It has been the most thrilling and rewarding 20 years of my career to see MAKNA grow from just a local charity helping one government hospital to nearly 92 hospitals throughout the country. On an annual basis we handle 10% of the country’s cancer incidences through the patient assistance programme, which translates to more than 420,000 cancer cases to date.We are the first charity with digital mobile mammography service for early detection of cancer, and serviced more than 60 rural locations nationwide. We are building our second and third set toserve Sabah and Sarawak. Research remains at the forefront through capacity building and newscreening tools to the ever-needed stem cell registry for unrelated donors needing transplant for leukaemia. The range of service is comprehensive and we are now expanding overseas into Vietnam, where the plight of cancer patients are in dire need of help.Home stays and home visits to the patients’ homes keep us true to our mission: to provide timely and uninterrupted help. All the above achievements are presented in a new infographic format for a quick and compact reference. The 20-year journey could not have happened without the tireless support, dedication, commitment, loyalty and belief of the 180 staff in MAKNA.To all of you and your family members who understood and supported your loved ones in their own journey and challenges at MAKNA, I say thank you. The next 20 years will give birth and give rise to a new breed of MAKNA staff – but still tenacious in making sure the patients remain our top priority in delivering timely and uninterrupted service.We need to prepare and equip ourselves for what’s to come in the next 20 years. The legacy MUST and SHALL live on without us and for that we must prepare to be stewards to the future staff of MAKNA. I hope you will all join me in preparing MAKNA for its future.