Aarav, 6 On treatment
Wilms tumour (kidney). Chemotherapy, week 9 of 24.
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Most childhood cancers can be cured when they're found early. We connect families outside the big cities with children's cancer specialists, help pay for treatment, and teach communities the warning signs.
Parent of a child with cancer?Call our free helpline, +91 99690 28223
Most children in India who get cancer live far from a cancer hospital. This is how we walk the whole road with their family.
A lump that won't go away, a white glow in the eye, a fever that keeps coming back. Our awareness programmes teach parents, teachers and village health workers what to look for.
Learn the warning signsThe helpline is free and we speak Marathi, Hindi and English. We find a children's cancer specialist, help book the first visit, and get the family's local doctor expert advice through EkatraSetu.
Get help for a childSponsors fund medicines, chemotherapy cycles and surgery. We pay the hospital or pharmacy directly, and every sponsor gets an 80G receipt and updates as the child gets better.
Sponsor a child
Treatment can mean months away from home. We help families find a room close to the hospital and send monthly food kits, because children who eat well cope better with treatment.
Give a month of nutrition
Check-ups go on for years, and so do we. Survivors and parents join Haathon Ki Umeed, making candles and gifts that help pay for the next child's treatment.
Products made with hopeChildhood cancer is not one disease of the rich or the poor. What changes the outcome is how early a child is diagnosed and whether the family can keep treatment going.
Source: World Health Organization, Childhood cancer fact sheet
Each child has a verified profile showing what they need now: medicines, a chemotherapy cycle, nutrition or a place to stay near the hospital. You choose, and we send you updates as they get better.
Wilms tumour (kidney). Chemotherapy, week 9 of 24.
Retinoblastoma (eye). Chemotherapy cycle 4 of 6.
Ewing sarcoma (bone). Surgery done, radiation next.
From the village health camp to the specialist's desk, each project fixes one place where children get lost.
Parents and survivors make candles, diyas and gifts. Each sale pays them a fair wage and funds treatment.
About Haathon Ki Umeed
Free check-ups in towns and villages across Raigad and Navi Mumbai, with referrals when something needs a closer look.
About Health camps
We teach parents, teachers and frontline health workers the early warning signs of childhood cancer.
About Awareness programmes
EkatraSetu, tumour boards, CPD programmes, workshops, seminars, short courses and conferences for everyone who treats children with cancer.
About Academic Activities
Students of medicine, nursing, social work, public health and communication work with our teams for 4 to 12 weeks.
About Internships
Dr. Monica Bhagat is a paediatric onco-surgeon. She started the trust after seeing too many children reach her from small towns when their cancer had already spread.
Today a small team of doctors, coordinators and volunteers in Navi Mumbai runs the helpline, the camps and the network of 480+ doctors across 22 states. Our accounts are audited every year and the reports are public.
We live three hours from Mumbai. The helpline found us a paediatric oncologist the same week and an NGO paid for our stay near the hospital. Aarav is on week nine now.
Before EkatraSetu I referred every suspicious mass to Mumbai and lost track of the child. Now I review the scans with a senior panel and keep the family close to home for follow-up.
I came to help at one health camp and stayed for two years. You see a child referred in March and ringing the bell in December. Nothing else feels like that.
A lump that doesn't go away, a white glow in the eye, unexplained fevers. When to wait and when to see a doctor.
What it is, how it's diagnosed and why most children with Wilms tumour are cured when it's found early.
212 children checked, 6 referred for scans and one very patient paediatrician. Notes from the camp team.
