Brief Intro

Asraya is a registered voluntary organization (Reg. No. T 1684/99) founded in 1996 by Mrs. Santha Jose and a few of her friends with an aim to support poor cancer patients and their families socially, emotionally and financially. Asraya volunteers comprise of around 300 service-minded women, mainly housewives and retired career women, motivated by concern, sympathy and love for the poor and suffering. Asraya was started when there were no other welfare agencies providing this level of support in the Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum.

ASRAYA ACTIVITIES

• Cancer Awareness Classes & Detection Camps
• Chemotherapy Support
• Direct Donations to Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum
• Financial Aid
• Free Drug Bank
• Guidance at Out-Patient stage
• Lymphoedema Services
• Palliative Care
• Pediatric Ward
• Rehabilitation
• Volunteer Training

VISION

• To help cancer patients fight the disease with dignity.
• To provide emotional, physical, and financial support to the patients and their families.
• Alleviate suffering – be it through a listening ear, a soothing touch, counseling or through money, food, or clothing.
• To arrange financial help for education of children, marriage of daughters, and means of livelihood to the widows and other family members of terminally ill patients.
• To rehabilitate cancer survivors and their dependents and make them self-reliant.
• To educate the patients and their wards about health, welfare and insurance schemes instituted by the Government
• Educate the layman on the need for early detection and prevention of cancer.