Milestones
2022
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February 15
April 21 June 13 |
CanKids signs MoU with the State Government of Gujarat as knowledge and technical partner for Change for Childhood Cancer
CanKids signs MoU with the State Government of Madhya Pradesh as knowledge and technical partner for Change for Childhood Cancer CanKids completes 10 years as a National Society |
2019
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February
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CanKids signs MoU with the State Government of Maharashtra as knowledge and technical partner for Change for Childhood Cancer
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2018
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February
April June September 8 and 9 December |
CanShala, the school-at-the-hospital, opened at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospita in Mumbai, Maharashtra
100 Nurses Project launched. Change for Childhood Cancer launched in Maharashtra as a 5-year project Partnership with Navya Care launched to provide online expert opinions and care plans for cancer patients; International collaboration with Yangon Children's Hospital, Myanmar Go Gold Warriors Fellowship launched with 10 awardees; Passport2LIfe project launched for survivorship 'Say No To Pain' campaign launched with a Charter of Demands and aim to collect 1,00,000 pledges 7 new CanKids Hospital Units opened, with the Social Support Team increasing from 80 to 112 members |
2017
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February
September 15 |
ALL Golden Crab Project launched
CanKids signs MoU with the State Government of Punjab to make Change for Childhood Cancer, the first ever state-level MoU |
2016
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September 25
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month celebrated at the Taj Mahal with Light Up Gold, attended by 1900 childhood cancer patients, survivors, families. Pledges of support received from around the world to make cancer a national child health priority
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2013
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February 15
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Concert by Kailash Kher to raise awareness about Access2Care for children battling cancer
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2012
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March 31
April 22 |
Expansion to 28 units
Sukritham, our second Home Away from Home inaugurated in Trivandrum, Kerala, accommodating 14 families Quality Care, Research, and Impact program launched Subhita, India's first and only Pediatric Palliative Day Care and Transition Home inaugurated with 10 beds and 24-hour free services |
2011
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March 31
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13 new CanKids Hospital Support Units opened.
3,930 children registered under YANA |
2010
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September 10 |
New CanKids Hospital Support Units launched at King George's Medical University (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh), Tata Medical Hospital (Mumbai, Maharashtra), and Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Rohtak, Haryana)
First Regional Office opened in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
2009
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January 17
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Voices for Hospices concert for Palliative Care held with AES School
Treatment Support Program launched, providing nutrition, hygiene, accommodation and blood support to 507 children with INR 82,00,000 |
2008
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January 19
February 15 June 6 August 15 November 19 |
First Home Away from Home inaugurated in Kotla, New Delhi, donated by CanKids benefactor Shri Vishnu Surekha, accommodating 22 outstation families
7th International Childhood Cancer Day celebrated with India's First Women's Car Rally in Madhya Pradesh, raising funds for children's cancer care National Outreach Program launched with CanKids Hospital Support Unit at Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna, Bihar National Childhood Cancer Scholarship Program launched with 6 awardees. CanKids President Poonam Bagai receives the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award |
2006
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May 6
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KidsCan Konnect network of teen and young adult childhood cancer survivors formed
YANA (You Are Not Alone) Model launched under the Emotional and Psychological Program Seed grant from American Cancer Society to begin India's first Pediatric Palliative Care Centre |
2005
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February 15
April 5 and 6 |
International Childhood Cancer Day observed for the first time in India, at CanKids' program in Appu Ghar, along with children fighting cancer.
Adopt a Child program launched |