Three-year-old Rohit, is a delightful child, from Alwar, India. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with blood cancer. His parents, from a modest background, were confounded. Rohit’s father, Suraj, works as an office-boy.
His mother, Alka is a homemaker. They made their way to JK Lon Hospital, Jaipur, where their child could get treated. They had no place to stay. They would spend the nights in the hospital corridors or the streets. Then, somebody told them about a Kavita Cancer Care Centre, managed by St. Jude, in Jaipur, which provided free accommodation, food, and creative daytime activities for children suffering from cancer.
All the St. Jude centres, offer the families an individual unit to stay during the treatment. Basic provisions like flour, rice, lentils, sugar, salt, oil, soaps, etc., are provided free every week. Each family has a cooking stove in the kitchen. Every centre has common community, learning, kitchen, dining and recreation areas.
The Centre houses 40 children. The complex in a gorgeous landscape, is in the memory of the Kanodia’s daughter Kavita, who passed away due to cancer at the age of 22. St. Judes in Delhi provides holistic care to 51 children. The children undergoing treatment at the AIIMS hospital, Delhi stay at the centres. The first four centres were launched in 2013, in Noida. These centres provide holistic care to 42 children and their families.
From the time a child afflicted with cancer, enrols with St. Judes, till he recovers and becomes independent and self-sufficient, he receives guidance and support, through experienced professionals. The cancer-surviving children are offered financial assistance, online courses and digital devices. Medical needs that arise post-treatment, are also funded. Counselling is provided to teenagers.
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