{"id":25,"date":"2025-05-21T06:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:54:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/mr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-79fb870f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1\">ABOUT PRACHI<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">PRACHI \u2014 <em>Patients and Relatives Affected with Cancer, Helped and Informed<\/em> \u2014 is a not-for-profit foundation working across Maharashtra and Goa. We help people face cancer with less fear and better information: through awareness, free screening, tobacco-cessation work, and support for patients and their families. Everything we offer to patients is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2\">OUR STORY<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hope of a new morning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Since October 2024, PRACHI has moved from a plan on paper to screening camps in villages, training rooms, and a webinar reaching across India. This page is the record. Every figure below comes from a camp register or an attendance sheet, and we update it after each event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ext-animate--on has-border-color has-custom-outline-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-57b52f0f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;background-color:#ffffff80;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ext-animate--on is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-79fb870f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-source-serif-4-font-family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.119rem, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.052), 1.75rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Why We Started<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">PRACHI Hope Foundation was formed out of a deep concern over the striking increase in cancer cases around us. With an estimated one in nine persons in India at risk of developing cancer, the urgent need for robust prevention programmes became impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ext-animate--on is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a7315bbe wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ext-animate--on has-border-color has-custom-outline-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-57b52f0f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;background-color:#ffffff80;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\">What Was Missing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">We found that very few cancer-affected individuals in semi-urban and rural areas have access to basic support groups. Far too often, cancer is feared as an incurable disease, and patients face immense struggles due to a lack of proper diagnosis information, treatment options, financial constraints, and guidance for managing physical and mental stress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ext-animate--on has-border-color has-custom-outline-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-57b52f0f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;background-color:#ffffff80;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\">How We Make a Difference<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This is precisely where PRACHI steps in to bridge the gap \u2014 by imparting essential knowledge, accurate information, compassionate counselling, and practical support.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-custom-outline-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b378dc5c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;background-color:#ffffff87;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Mission<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">To foster informed and reassured cancer patients and their relatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ext-animate--on has-border-color has-custom-outline-border-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3d3bf3fa wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:25px;border-top-right-radius:25px;border-bottom-left-radius:25px;border-bottom-right-radius:25px;background-color:#ffffff80;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center ext-animate--on\">Our Collaborative Approach<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ext-animate--on wp-block-paragraph\">While many organisations focus solely on awareness or patient support, PRACHI actively collaborates with like-minded institutions to align our goals and maximise our collective impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Prachi means the first light of dawn \u2014 the direction of the east. It is where our work begins: with early detection, clear information, and hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT PRACHI PRACHI \u2014 Patients and Relatives Affected with Cancer, Helped and Informed \u2014 is a not-for-profit foundation working across Maharashtra and Goa. We help people face cancer with less fear and better information: through awareness, free screening, tobacco-cessation work, and support for patients and their families. Everything we offer to patients is free. 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