Running Now<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nAWARENESS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-03-at-08.02.50_2b7d8cf1-1024x449.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAwareness sessions<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We bring oncologists and researchers to community halls, hospitals, workplaces and colleges to talk plainly about cancer \u2014 what raises risk, which cancers can be caught early, and how to read the body’s warning signs. Sessions end with an open question-and-answer, and often a quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n7+ sessions<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n500+ reached<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nPune \u00b7 Kolhapur \u00b7 Goa \u00b7 online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nRequest a session for your organisation \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nAWARENESS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-31-at-21.16.57_a5dcdf171.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCancer awareness through kirtan<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Most people avoid a lecture about cancer. Dr Shekhar Kulkarni, a breast cancer surgeon from Pune, solved that by setting cancer awareness to kirtan \u2014 the traditional Marathi form of musical devotional discourse. In Ponda in May 2025, in surgeon’s scrubs and a traditional pagadi, he held an over-capacity hall for two and a half hours, using a Marathi verse in which each letter decodes to a cancer warning sign. It reaches people a lecture never could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nPonda, Goa \u00b7 May 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nOver-capacity hall<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHost or sponsor a kirtan across Maharashtra & Goa \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nSCREENING<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Poladapur-Camp-1-1024x576.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nScreening camps<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We organise free camps that bring qualified doctors to places where screening rarely reaches \u2014 screening women for breast and cervical cancer and, since Poladpur, men and women for oral cancer. Screening is carried out by clinicians from partner institutions, most recently Tata Memorial Centre’s Centre for Cancer Epidemiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n3 camps<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n170+ screened<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nKunjirwadi \u00b7 Kolhapur \u00b7 Poladpur<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nHost a camp in your village, society or workplace \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nTRAINING<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-2-1-edited.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVolunteer training<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Awareness work is only as good as the people delivering it. In October 2025, Tata Memorial Centre trained and certified 54 of our volunteers over two days, including hands-on practice in clinical breast examination and cervical swab collection. A further ten were sponsored to a cervical cancer workshop at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n54 certified by TMC<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n+10 trained at DMH<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nJoin as a volunteer \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nPATIENT SUPPORT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.prachihope.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Dignitaries-inaugurating-You-Tube-series-Suspician-to-Survival1.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPatient support group<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Some things are easier to say to people who already understand. Our patient support group met for the first time in March 2026, with eight members sharing their experiences of treatment, insurance and caregiving. It now meets monthly. We are keeping it small while we learn what people most need from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAwareness sessions<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We bring oncologists and researchers to community halls, hospitals, workplaces and colleges to talk plainly about cancer \u2014 what raises risk, which cancers can be caught early, and how to read the body’s warning signs. Sessions end with an open question-and-answer, and often a quiz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Request a session for your organisation \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCancer awareness through kirtan<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Most people avoid a lecture about cancer. Dr Shekhar Kulkarni, a breast cancer surgeon from Pune, solved that by setting cancer awareness to kirtan \u2014 the traditional Marathi form of musical devotional discourse. In Ponda in May 2025, in surgeon’s scrubs and a traditional pagadi, he held an over-capacity hall for two and a half hours, using a Marathi verse in which each letter decodes to a cancer warning sign. It reaches people a lecture never could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host or sponsor a kirtan across Maharashtra & Goa \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nScreening camps<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
We organise free camps that bring qualified doctors to places where screening rarely reaches \u2014 screening women for breast and cervical cancer and, since Poladpur, men and women for oral cancer. Screening is carried out by clinicians from partner institutions, most recently Tata Memorial Centre’s Centre for Cancer Epidemiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Host a camp in your village, society or workplace \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nVolunteer training<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Awareness work is only as good as the people delivering it. In October 2025, Tata Memorial Centre trained and certified 54 of our volunteers over two days, including hands-on practice in clinical breast examination and cervical swab collection. A further ten were sponsored to a cervical cancer workshop at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join as a volunteer \u2192<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPatient support group<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Some things are easier to say to people who already understand. Our patient support group met for the first time in March 2026, with eight members sharing their experiences of treatment, insurance and caregiving. It now meets monthly. We are keeping it small while we learn what people most need from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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