Cancer Patients Aid Association – Annual Report 2007 1

Cancer Patients Aid Association – Annual Report 2007

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Contents Page no

Chairman’s message 5

Prevention & Early Detection 7

Patient Care 10

Rehabilitation 12

Cancer Insurance 14

Fundraising 16

New Projects 17

Delhi Branch 20

Pune Branch 23

Team CPAA 24


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When the history of CPAA is being written the year 2007 will undeniably be

considered as a landmark year. It was this year that several of our earliest

aspirations and goals became a reality.

We had always aspired for CPAA to be self-sustaining i.e. to be able to stand on

the strength of its activities, transparency, efficiency and integrity rather than

have a separate unit to organize charity events to raise funds for the society’s upkeep. We had always

hoped that one day our organization would be recognized as one of the best charities in the country

and that the donors will select us on the basis of our work in the various areas of Total Management

of Cancer. As a result of our relentless efforts, in 2007, we received an overwhelming response from

several donors who themselves approached us with a desire to donate funds towards our projects.

This is indeed something to rejoice about.

Similar to any other corporation the financially viability of an NGO is the most important factor that

foretells its sustenance - another objective that we had always aimed for. Foremost in this regard was

to be able to keep the administrative expenses to below 5% of the total expenditure. With the help of

our appropriate financial planning, in 2007, we were able to reduce the percentage to as low as 3.5%,

perhaps the lowest amongst any NGOs in the country.

Another aspiration that we set out with was to be recognized as one of the premier NGOs working in

the field of cancer management, nationally as well as internationally. Some of the below mentioned

incidents of 2007 indicate that CPAA has started to make a mark in that direction already.

Our victory in getting the price of an anti-cancer drug, useful for the treatment of leukemia

and manufactured by one of the largest multinational pharmaceutical giants, reduced from

Rs. 2.5 lacs to just Rs. 10,000 got us international acclaim for saving the lives of thousands

of cancer patients in India as well as 80 other underdeveloped and developing nations. This

long drawn battle of over 3 years entailed numerous protests, petitions, legal wrangles that

even took us to the doors of the Supreme Court of India.

10 members of our staff were invited to various international conferences, symposia and for

fellowship programs to represent CPAA with respect to their line of work.

A CPAA office bearer was appointed by UICC (International Union Against Cancer) to be one

of the judges for their selection process of APCASOT (Asia-Pacific Cancer Society Training

Grants) scholars for their fellowship program.

UICC appointed a CPAA office bearer as a selector of abstracts for the UICC annual

conference 2008 to be held in Geneva.

CPAA has been deputed to be the host for an international conference on Cervical Cancer to

be held in Mumbai in 2008.

I think its now time for all of us, particularly the members of the younger generation to take up newer

challenges for CPAA and work towards making it the world’s largest and most effective NGO in the

field of Cancer Control.

Y. K. Sapru Founder Chairman & CEO


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ACHIEVEMENTS

(A) STATISTICS OF CAMPS CONDUCTED

Total camps conducted 155 Individuals screened 6999

Males – 2359 Females - 4640

Suspected Cases 2991 Detected Cases 2

(B) STATISTICS OF CLINCIS HELD

Total clinics held 134 Individuals screened 2798

Males – 991 Females – 1807

Suspected Cases 964 Detected Cases 8

(C) STATISTICS OF WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY – FREE CANCER SCREENING CAMPS

(D) TOBACCO TRENDS

Individuals screened 953 Submucous Fibrosis 30 Plakia 151 Thyroid Investigation 2 Biopsy 13

Immediate Follow-up cases 8 Annual Follow-up cases 256

Chews Betal Leaf 60

Betal Nut 55

Tobacco 241

Tobacco Toothpaste 5

Smokes Bidies 45

Smokes Cigarettes 108

Masheri 41

Pan Masala / Gutka 63

Message from Neeta More, Director, Prevention & Early detection

Over the years we have been relentlessly to making our department financially profitable by trying to

meet all expenses and gradually working towards our targeted goals. But my aim for the future is to

generate sufficient funds so that we are able to finance expansion activities of the department, to

reach out to more and more people through our awareness and early detection drives deeper into the

interior parts of our state as well as to other states throughout the country.

My dedicated team and I aim to work hard in the right direction, with a focused perspective and with a

sprit of dedication for the benefit of the society at large in the field of awareness and early detection of

cancer.


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EVENTS

Open Forums Breast Cancer Awareness Programs

9th March 2007- Location: Ravindra Natya Mandir Panelists - Dr. R. Badwe, Onco-Surgeon-TMH; Dr. Mandakini Purandare, Gynecologist & Mrs. Kishori Shahane Vij, Film Actress

14th October 2007- Location: Ravindra Natya Mandir Panelists - Dr. R. Badwe, Onco-Surgeon-TMH; Dr. Mandakini Purandare, Gynecologist & Mrs. Renuka Shahane Rana, Film Actress

17th March 2007- Location: State Bank of India Panelists - Dr. C. J. Joshi, Surgeon; Dr. Mandakini Purandare, Gynecologist

24th November 2007 – Location: Nanbhat, Virar Panelists - Dr. C. J. Joshi, Surgeon; Dr. Mandakini Purandare, Gynecologist

Other Events

6th – 8th April 2007: Wealth of Health Exhibition at Ravindra Natya Mandir

11th July, 2007: A visit for cancer patients on board INS BEAS, frontline warship of the Indian Navy celebrating her 2nd anniversary

30th October – 3rd November 2007: SIOP Conference & Poster Presentation by Neeta More & Rupali Dalvi

CPAA’s campaign created by Publicis (India) Communications Pvt. Ltd received the Silver Award at The RX Club


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World No Tobacco Day: Smoke Free Environment Free Cancer Awareness and Screening (ENT) Camps were held at key locations in Mumbai - BEST (Wadala), Dadar Railway Station for railway loaders and track workers, Naigaon Police Headquarters for the policemen and their families and the Police Club for Police officers. The Commissioner of Mumbai Police D. N. Jadhav along with Joint Commissioner S. Awate and actor Jackie Shroff at the Mumbai Police Club inaugurated the Police camp. An open house cancer screening (ENT) camp was held at the Hutatma Chowk car parking lot on 31 May 2007- World

No Tobacco Day for the general public. Over 1000 people were screened at these camps out of which 49% were advised follow up screening at our clinics. In line with the World No Tobacco Day theme, ‘Smoke Free Environment’, over a 100 city kids participated in a drawing competition on the same topic. The event was co-hosted by Lotus Suites Ecotel, Mumbai. The children painted the canvases with beautiful and eclectic colours portraying their ideas of a Smoke-free Environment, based on varied topic like global warming, tobacco, smoking etc. Renowned artists Hema Joshi, Ruxana Pathan and C. S. Oza judged the paintings for ingenuity and creativity, while actress Sonali Kulkarni and Nitu Chandra encouraged and cheered the kids. As a part of the World No Tobacco Day celebrations, Director Neeta More was invited to speak on the popular talk show ‘Hello Sakhi’ on Doordarshan's Sahyadri channel to speak on 'Tobacco Free Campaigns'.

National Cancer Rose Day : Hobby Ideas, India's first Craft & Hobby store, played hosted to 50 young patients as a part of our Rose Day celebrations. The children participated in craft and clay modeling workshops. Actresses Mallika Sherawat and Tara Sharma joined in the festivities too. Patients were taken to visit the famous and most visited Ganpati Idol of Mumbai - 'Lal baug- cha Raja' along-with their families and volunteers during the 10 day long Ganpati

festival. It was a unique opportunity for these children, since it typically takes 12-18 hours in queue before the general public can get ‘darshan’. An orchestra program was organised at Mohan Dayal Sanatorium for all the patients and relatives. Former Miss World - Diana Hayden graced the occasion and spent time with the patients. She then launched a booklet – ‘Leukemia par Amit Ki Jeet’ - a colouring book explaining cancer treatment in a manner easily understood by children.

Donations:

Mr. Arun Nalawade of Shwaas Foundation donated Rs.2,00,000 towards the treatment of cancer patients.

The Naigaon Center was donated a Fetal monitor by Ms. Lakshmi Navani from United States.

Received donations in the form of sewing machines, toys, umbrellas, raincoats, blankets, food grains, bed sheets, TVs, clothes, notebooks, biscuits, chocolates, drawing books, crayons, mugs, glasses etc. which were passed on to the Patient Care unit.


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ACHIEVEMENTS (A) PATIENTS AIDED IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS & INSTITUTES: Patients Aided

Hospital / Institute Counseling & Guidance

Wards/Rooms Visits

Information & Literature TOTAL

B. J. WADIA 418 103 100 621 BHARAT SEVASHRAM 1,545 1,987 2,417 5,949

TATA MEMORIAL - Room no. 59 758 116 5,106 5,980 TATA MEMORIAL – TATA 189 2,975 234 2,000 5,209 RAHEJA 367 237 1,094 1,698 ERNEST BORGES 208 216 977 1,401

CAMA & ALBLESS 764 1,317 740 2,821 BYL NAIR 614 420 828 1,862 TOTAL 7,649 4,630 13,262 (B) NEW PATIENTS REGISTERED

Scheme No.

Adopted patients 253

Permanent registration 373

Temporary registration 57

Special reference 42

Total 725

(C) PATIENTS AIDED AT KING GEORGE MEMORIAL

Breast Prosthesis- Patients 106 patients

Amount spent Rs. 89,745

Radiation - Patients 183 patients

Amount Rs. 2,49,200

Medical Aid 2,442 patients Amt spent on patients Rs. 30,92,473

Message from Vinaya Chacko, Head of the department, Patient Care

As we look into the future and see incidents of cancer on the rise, our main aim is to become self-

sufficient by increasing the in-flow of donations. While we continue to help patients suffering from

Breast Cancer in totality (Surgery Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy), the patients suffering from

Leukemia are also given complete help under the ‘Adopt a patient scheme’. Another major focus would

be the counseling cells, which we are planning to start in various government and private hospitals.

Our social workers are being trained by a counseling psychologist not only to be well versed in the

information about the disease but to also train other volunteers in these skills. We are also tapping

new donors to be able to meet our requirements for ration and food grains for our registered patients.

We plan to lay more emphasis in the future on our support groups as well as rehabilitating our

patients by finding jobs for them.

We lost our dear friend Jenny due to Breast Cancer, this year. She was an “Angel in Disguise “always

helping people in need. We pray to the Almighty that he may grant her eternal rest and peace. Her

loss will be always felt in the department.


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EVENTS

Over 500 patients and their families were treated to a rib-tickling show of the inimitable Johnny Lever at St. Andrew’s Auditorium – Bandra on 21 September 2007, as a part of the weeklong Rose-Day celebrations. It also included an orchestra performance followed by a dance program.

A Christmas party was organized for children on 21 December 2007. The patients were picked up from various hospital & institutes and were taken to the beautiful precincts of the Bramhakumaris Peace Park at Santacruz in buses arranged specially for them. The party involved various games and dances. The patients were presented with gifts and chocolates along with snacks and dinner.

CPAA was invited to participate in a unique event organised and sponsored by the Great Lakes Division of the American Cancer Society (ACS) to promote interaction between children who have conquered cancer from all over the world. 57 young delegates from 19 countries joined campers from around USA in this World Oncology Camp on 16 June 2007, in Jackson, Michigan. The camp gave the children a chance to share their experience with the disease as well as an opportunity to exchange cultures and traditions. The 1,200-acre YMCA facility, located in the Irish Hills area of southeast Michigan, offered swimming,

horseback riding, climbing, and other outdoor activities. Dr. Indira Nair and Mrs. Gulshan Hodiwalla from CPAA accompanied our young delegates Mitali, Ankit, Umapati and Bidurin. A home stay with an American host followed the one-week summer camp.


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ACHIEVEMENTS

TOTAL NO. OF PATIENTS REHABILITATED Nos. 1237

NEW PATIENTS / RELATIVES ADOPTED Nos. 30

BREAST PROSTHESIS CASES ATENDED Nos. 197

AMOUNT SPENT ON PATIENT WAGES Rs. 22,30,215

AMOUNT SPENT ON PATIENT AID Rs. 4,51,435

AMOUNT SPENT ON PATIENT FOOD GRAINS Rs. 3,45,650

AMOUNT SPENT ON PATIENTS EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL TRAINING Rs. 4,50,997

TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON PATIENTS Rs. 34,78,297

DONATIONS RECEIVED Rs. 1,01,649

SALES / INCOME Rs. 1,67,78,275

RAW MATERIALS Rs. 86,07,514

Message from Manju Gupta, Executive Director, Rehabilitation

My dream for the Rehabilitation Center is to keep it healthy and prosperous. I say Healthy, because in order to survive to a ripe old age, an outfit should be of sound health.

The Rehabilitation Center is very prone to viral diseases like unrest, dissatisfaction, revolt and non-obedience. These virals infect us from time to time, and have to be weeded out very tactfully and the unit has to be restored back to good health where one is for all, and all is for one.

The second part of my dream is to keep the Rehabilitation Center Prosperous because money can work wonders – it can treat people of cancer, provide basic amenities to very needy people, it can bring hope and happiness and relief to all and it allows one to grow, quantitatively and qualitatively.

During the past years, we have always reported a steady pace of progress in our Rehabilitation Center and my dream is that we continue with this trend.


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EVENTS

Trip to South Africa: On 3 & 4 August 2007, our famous Diyas, Ganpatis, Torans and Jute Bags were displayed at an exclusive exhibition of Indian arts and crafts organized by the Women’s Wing of Indian Merchants’ Chamber at Johannesburg, in South Africa. The finest of South Africa along with His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mkebi, President of South Africa and the First lady Mrs. Zanele Mkebi, and Her Excellency Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Deputy President of South Africa were all there to welcome and boost the Indian women and the crafts of India!

Society Collection: From 12 – 15 October 2007, Diyas, Gift Boxes, Torans and Ganpatis were exhibited and sold at the Society Collection exhibition, held in Mumbai at World Trade Centre, where as usual, our products are in great demand.

IMC Ladies Wing: On 1 November 2007 our Diwali range was exhibited and sold at the upscale annual exhibition of the Women Entrepreneurs of the Indian Merchant Chamber, held at Taj President, Mumbai.

Satya Narayan Pooja: On 6 November 2007, a Satya Narayan Pooja was held in the courtyard of the Rehabilitation Center. After the Pooja, each patient was individually blessed by the Priest and given ‘Prasad’. Food, fun and laughter, of course followed. Movie Show: On 26 November 2007, the workers and patients of the Rehabilitation Center were treated to a movie show of ‘Om Shanti Om’ at the Inox Theater on the occasion of Diwali. Mrs. Nayantara Jain of Inox Theaters very generously arranged for the show and snacks for all.


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ACHIEVEMENTS Highlights of CPAA's Cancer Insurance Scheme:

• A total of 11,648 policyholders at date, with 80% annual follow-up.

• To date over 14 corporate have covered fully all their employees with this policy.

• 115 policyholders applied for and have been disbursed over Rs. 11 million towards treatment.

• 40 people were detected with cancer at the pre-policy screening and received timely and

appropriate treatment.

Highlights of the department’s additional activities:

• Smoke Free Workplace Campaign for Tobacco control

• Anti smoking spots and advertisements

• Support from the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon

Individual / Corporate donations.

Future projects

• Anti smoking spots with celebrities

• World No Tobacco Day Activities

1. Skit competition for college groups

2. Musical show

Message from Anita Peter, Director, Cancer Insurance

Our vision for 2007 was ‘To become the most reliable support to safeguard health’. With this vision

we have supported our 11,648 policyholders with 444-claim settlements till date and with 100%

satisfaction. Prompt action was taken on all claims with the support of New India Assurance

Company Ltd., thereby ensuring timely settlements and the much-needed support during the policy

holder’s hour of crisis. It has also been our aim to ensure that more and more policyholders come

for their annual check-ups. The Cancer Insurance department has made an annual premium

payment of a whooping Rs. 2.60 crore, our maximum to date, to our parent insurer notwithstanding

the increase in service tax this year too. The year has also been a year of achievements where the

Cancer Insurance Policy Department several patient’s related events. It has been our constant

endeavour to strengthen ourselves and grow thus reaching out to larger group of people, educating

and spreading awareness about cancer, making a positive difference in prevention, aiding and

assisting those who fall victim to this disease and will continue to be in the future too.


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A candle light dinner party celebrating Valentine's Day, for couples where either spouse was afflicted with cancer.

Young patients on the sets of Star TV’s popular game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ to meet the superstar ShahRukh Khan.

A Press Conference at the Taj on 26 May 2007 to commemorate World No Tobacco Day.

Euphoria rocks at a concert on 26 May 2007 for World No Tobacco Day.

Screening of the movie ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ for 300 patients by Cinemax on 23 June 2007. Lara Dutta's makes it special with her presence.

Screening of the movie ‘Dhamaal’ for 250 patients at Cinemax on Rose Day. Cast and crew make it special with their presence.

Vivek Oberoi celebrates his birthday with kids on 3 September 2007 at the McDonald's.

Dia Mirza celebrates her birthday with kids on 9 December 2007 at the McDonald's.

The Globus Department stores gave Mumbai’ites a chance to play Santa this year by installing a 111.2 feet tall, gigantic red stocking outside their popular clothes outlet in Bandra, where the general public was encouraged to drop in toys, books, clothes and other items as donations for over 1000 cancer and AIDS affected children in the city. Children from Cancer Patients Aid Association were one of the beneficiaries of this venture. While the Limca Book of Records declared this stocking as the biggest in the world, it has broken the earlier record of a 90 feet tall stalking that was hung in Toronto.

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35 dynamic women walked the ramp yet again in Shaina NC originals at the ‘Women

Achievers’ fashion show at the Grand Intercontinental on the 14 January 2007. This event, choreographed by Hemant Trivedi saw successful woman from fields as varied as films, theatre, fashion, finance, law, business, medicine & health, walk the ramp with great élan! Hundreds of cancer patients stood to benefit from the proceeds of the sale of these beautiful drapes by Shaina NC. Compered by the effervescent actress Rakshanda Khan, the show saw beauty queens - Amruta Patki & Sayali Bhagat, actresses Neha Dhupia, Tara Sharma, Mona Singh, Divya Dutta, Shama Sikandar, Shilpa Saklani, Anupama Verma, Aarti Chabbaria, Delnaaz Paul, Dolly Thakore, Indian Railways Service bureaucrat Alka Mishra and many other successful women. Several prominent citizens of Mumbai like Shri. Nana Chudasama, Shri Pankaj

Udhas, Smt. Ila Arun, Shri. Piyush Pandey, Shri. Anil Dharkar etc. graced the event. This show was sponsored by Hobby Ideas and co-sponsored by DTC, Asmi Diamond Jewellery, Canara Bank, InterContinental - The Grand, Mumbai and Red FM.

CPAA joined hands with Parents' Association

Thalassemic Unit Trust (PATUT), yet again to bring to the city of Mumbai 'Ghazal Khazana' - a festival of Ghazals and Mushairas. This fund-raising concert that is the brainchild of Ghazal Maestro and long-time CPAA Patron, Shri. Pankaj Udhas has been a resounding success since its inception. The concert was held at the Hilton (Oberoi) Towers on 27 & 28 July 2007. For the first time ever the concert featured eminent poets like Janab Ahmed Faraaz & Janab Zafar Gorakhpuri reciting their poetry followed by a Ghazal performance by eminent artistes like Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Nina & Rajinder Mehta, Mitalee & Bhupinder Singh, Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain, Penaz Masani, and Pankaj Udhas.


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NNeeww PPrroojjeeccttss ACHIEVEMENTS

Day to day correspondence and maintenance of the website: We receive approximately 7-8 emails every day, seeking information of various kinds. These must be replied to in a timely manner. Readers are always pleasantly surprised when they get a response so quickly and that has helped us project a positive image.

Support to other departments Earlier, we used to give awareness lectures on an overhead projector and then using a slide projector. Today, we use Powerpoint presentations on laptops and LCD projectors. The first time this innovation was used was at our annual review and was introduced by the New Projects department. We send out anti gutka stickers, information on Breast self examination, chemotherapy and radiation, advertisements, posters to people all over India and abroad. We have created several information booklets too. We have helped organise early detection camps and clinics in response to requests over the Internet. Insurance policy enquiries are forwarded. Patients write asking for second opinions. We have identified and tied up with the best doctors who respond and provide information. We have networked with doctors, NGOs and individuals who can help patients all over India. We have helped families raise huge amounts of funds for the treatment of their relatives. We have sold breast prostheses to patients.

Organisation of conferences

The New Projects department was intimately involved in the organisation of the ICCCPO and Reach to Recovery conference held in Mumbai in 2007.

International Participation

The New Projects department participated in ICCCPO conferences in Indonesia and Mumbai.

A member of the New Projects team was also awarded the UICC Asia-Pacific Cancer Society Training Grant (APCASOT), a program for staff or accredited volunteers

of voluntary cancer societies located in the Asia-Pacific region, for a project on 'Fundraising Strategies' and was sent to Queensland Cancer Fund, Brisbane, Australia for the same.

Message from Shubha Maudgal, Executive Director, New Projects

The New Projects department was started in 1999 with the aim of exploring newer options in cancer

management in keeping with current times. We have tried to challenge the existing way of doing

things and discover newer and hopefully better ways. It has been our endeavour to support each of

CPAA's departments' activities in a positive manner. We have helped give CPAA a more professional

image.

The most important contribution has been the website which started out as just a brochure on

CPAA. Today it is a vibrant, constantly changing entity, which is the window between CPAA and the

outside world. We have used it to present our work to people all over the world and the most

amazing responses have come to us through its medium.


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NNeeww PPrroojjeeccttss Research

o Contribution to research on psychosocial issues o Reliance study on HPV, oral and lung cancer.

Fund Raising The 5th Mumbai Standard Chartered Marathon 2007 was hailed as a huge success this year thanks to all the people who took part in it! This marathon that started about 5 years ago has become a chance for NGOs to raise awareness about their cause and generate funds. CPAA has been receiving funds from generous donors who run for our cause. This year we decided to take an active part by fielding a team of our own as a part of Pledgers' United, where individuals chose to run for a cause of their choice. They could then raise money for the cause by asking supporters to pledge funds for their participation. CPAA got the support of many corporates in cash and kind alike. We received 274 individual registrations. We were represented in each category of the race-the full marathon (42 km), half marathon (21 km) and the Dream Run (6 km). On 21 January 2007, there was a sea of pink as the CPAA team assembled for the Dream Run at 8 am. About Rs. 25 lakhs was raised, through donations from AV Group, LIC, Citibank, Mr. Hital Meswani, our very own Padma Narayan and more.

Colours of life all came alive as art lovers all over the city came in large numbers to Cancer Patients Aid Association's Annual Art Exhibition. This year's collection 'Thumbprints in Time' boasted of participation from over a 100 senior Indian Artists from all over India and overseas, who donated their works to help raise funds for the treatment of childhood cancer patients. The uniqueness of this year's exhibition was the contribution of 20 senior Bengal school artists who are otherwise rarely seen in Mumbai. The beautiful creations of these artists and their unstinting support made it possible for us to reach out to many more children than would otherwise have been possible.

FUTURE PROJECTS

o Conference on Cervical cancer o Facilitation of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation o Facilitation of the training of two doctors from Afghanistan in Medical Oncology o Development of a Training Programme on Counseling o Help line o Race for the Cure


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DDeellhhii BBrraanncchh Awareness Programs: This year we were successful in organizing several awareness camps and lectures not only in leading corporate companies like but also in the underprivileged areas of Delhi and NCR. Some of the key cancer awareness programs organized this year were:

Cancer Awareness program for IIT students at their campus on the 26 February 2007. Dr. H.K. Chaturvedi gave the presentation to the students.

‘Anti Tobacco Awareness’ campaign on World No Tobacco Day at Janpath market. This was in response to a call from the Market Association to create awareness amongst their employees’. Posters were pu up at all strategic points in the market. Our team went around to all the shops and personally spoke to the salesmen against the hazards of tobacco.

‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ program on 13 & 14 December 2007 for 200 female employees of Airtel. Dr. Puneet Gupta from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals addressed the group on various informative topics on breast cancer.

An interactive session for the staff & students of Gargi College on the topic ‘Is our lifestyle related to our risks of cancer’. CPAA received an overwhelming response from over 250 participants for this discussion. Another such forum was held at the Apeejay School on the topic ‘Hazards of Tobacco in all its form’. Students from classes X - XII actively participated in the program. Dr. Chaturvedi conducted the discussion for CPAA.

50 health & detection camps were organized in the Delhi and NCR areas of Lal Kuan, chungi no.2, Sangam vihar, Ambedkar nagar, Dakshinpuri, Neb Sarai and Lado Sarai. 2587 healthy individuals were screened in the camps. 13 suspected cases of cancer were found during the camps, of which 3 got confirmed.

Patient Care: This year, we were able to adopt a large number of cancer patients and there was an overall improvement in the quality and extent of cancer care provided to a larger number of patients & their families. All of these endeavors towards patient care activities were duly appreciated at AIIMS Delhi. CPAA’s Play Room center at AIIMS too received lot of praise from the doctors and an overwhelming response from the children in the pediatric ward. This year we plan to add more information based programs/workshops for patients and their family members, arts-crafts workshops, reading and learning programs for the children. Moreover, we also plan to encourage these children to participate in our cultural programs, which are organized during festival times.

Message from Kiran Hukku, Director, North Zone

2007 has been an outstanding year for us due to the collective efforts and focused determination of

our small but competent team. As targeted this year we have been able to initiate the set up of an

independent Detection & Education center in collaboration with Global Charity, USA and have already

made headway into this project. We were able to take our awareness programs and anti-tobacco

messages to a maximum number of companies, schools, colleges and underprivileged areas in many

years. We also successfully completed the detections camps as committed to Ministry of Health and

World Health Organisation. In recognition of our work, AIIMS Delhi invited us to participate in their

patient care celebrations and festivities. Due to this, we were able to network with many eminent

people who can give our work the much-required impetus. This year we plan to form a ‘think tank’ of

all the celebrities associated with CPAA to give us their valuable input & ideas for all our future

projects.

The year 2008 begins with newer challenges and targets. We are confident and hopeful that once

again we shall come out with flying colors. We are very thankful to the Head Office at Mumbai for

lending their timely support to us from, which has helped us come this far.


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DDeellhhii BBrraanncchh So far our counseling facility have been limited to AIIMS Hospital where our dedicated team ensures that correct information and timely help is given to needy cancer patients. We now plan to expand these services to Batra, Dharamshila and Apollo Hospitals. We also plan to gradually extend the services to cancer care and support and to connect hospitals with schools to enable better awareness as well as sensitize school children towards the plight of poor cancer patients. With this we expect more contribution coming in from these children towards the Kind Bank and other events. HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007

The counseling center counseled 300 patients while 2781 patients benefited from Shuttle Service. Events:

The year began with a grand celebration on the occasion of Fun Day at Appu Ghar, Pragati Maidan. 5 Delhi schools participated in the function and entertained the patients with songs and dance. The celebrities present were Shivani Wazir, Sushma Seth and Geetika Ganju. Mr. Sabarwal from Faridabad gifted music systems to the patients. Appu Ghar provided a hot and sumptuous lunch and the patients left with gifts, smiles and fond memories of the day.

On the occasion of International Women Day on 8 March 2007, we invited the educated urban women from all walks of life for an interactive session on Breast Cancer and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. It was well attended by women from the media, corporate sector, banks and housewives alike. Holi was celebrated with traditional fervor with the patients at the Rajgarhia Dharamshala as savory sweets were distributed amongst the patients.

65 patients were treated to special screening of the movie ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’ at the Delite movie hall on 28 June 2007 followed by a sumptuous lunch.

Rakhi was celebrated on the 22 August 2007 in the Pediatric wards of AIIMS Hospital and Rajgarhia Dharamshala. On 31 August 2007, 65 patients were invited for a play at ShriRam Centre for Arts. All the patients were given snack boxes. On Rose Day McDonalds hosted a party for cancer patients at their Janpath outlet. Ronald was there to greet the patients and organized games and magic show for the patients and spent the entire morning with them. Present at the event were Shweta Nanda, Sushma Seth, Feroze Gujral, Nafisa Ali, Indrani Dasgupta, Ex Miss India’s Neha Kapur and Manpreet Brar, Ambika Pillai and many other well wishers. McDonalds organized a drawing session for the kids, and also gave them gifts.

Medical Aid provided in 2007

Patients No.

Total Patients supported 641

New patients enrolled 123

Patients adopted 17

Old patients 501


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DDeellhhii BBrraanncchh Another event organized on the Rose Day was a trip for the patients to visit the Taj Mahal, Agra. The children thoroughly enjoyed the bus ride and were thrilled at the magnificent sight of the Taj Mahal. Rose Day was also celebrated in the Pediatric ward & OPD of AIIMS Hospital on 17 & 19 September 2007.

Rose Day Distribution

Commodity Quantity

Toys 150

Apples 400

Juices 150

Biscuits 300 packets

Buns 150 packets

Horlicks 2000 sachets

The Women Achievers show was held in Delhi on 5 October 2007. The event drew large crowds as 45 women from the Delhi elite club joined hands to walk on the ramp for a cause. High profile Delhi’ites like Sushma Swaraj, Shatrughan Sinha, Mayor of Delhi and Ambassador from Austrian Embassy and the French Embassy graced the occasion. Diwali was celebrated on 5 November 2007 at AIIMS. 150 boxes of sweets along with snacks and juices were distributed to patients in the wards and OPD.

On 14 November 2007, Children’s Day was celebrated in the wards at AIIMS. CPAA distributed goody bags to over 70 patients filled with stuffed toys, coloring books, crayons, pencils, rubber sets, juices & chocolates. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus visited the wards & distributed biscuits, sweets, juices, chocolates and cakes to the children. Kind Bank: The popularity of the Kind Bank is fast increasing. Our endeavor is to increase the number of items provided. We currently provide the patients with woolens in winters and summer clothing like caps and light cottons. Considering the extreme climate of Delhi, this year, we have introduced serving sherbet (cool drinks) during the hot summer months and tea and biscuits during the winters.

Commodities Quantity Commodities Quantity Rice 1500 kg Tea 450 kg Dal (Pulses) 500 kg Blankets 300 Oil 300 litres Shawls 300 Atta (Flour) 1500 kg Mufflers 300 Sugar 800 kg Socks 300 Milk Powder 100 kg. Gloves 300 Biscuits 2305 packets FM Radio set 50 Horlicks 12,960 packets Two-in-one set 50 Buns 4700 Plate set 300


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PPuunnee BBrraanncchh FINANCIAL STATISTICS Income for the year 2007 Donations 1,528,929

Advertisements 173,500

Cash box collections 18,492

Adoption 75,600

Sponsor for Hamari Batein 15,000

Sponsor for WNTD 45,000

Sponsor med/red/Inv 1,50,000

Sponsor Detection & Awareness 1,27,000

Sponsor MACPS 67,000

Rose Day Coupon 78,930

Rose Day Donation 16,500

Rose Day Sponsor 32,000

Diwali Donation 15,001

Old News Papers 529

Sale of Red Maruti Van 105,000

Balance from Detection / MACPS/ F.Gr 11,235

Total Income 24,59,716 Expenditure for the year 2007 Office Expenses 8,60,079

Hospital Bill 57,567

Medical Bill 4,47,912

Radiation 1,52,500

Investigation 18,375

Rose Day 25,400

Vehicle Depreciation 12,962

Printing 10,284

Colostomy Bag 1,000

Detection Camp 33,545

MACPS 34,360

Diwali Party 7,000

Total 16,60,984


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PPuunnee BBrraanncchh EVENTS World No Tobacco Day 31 May 2007 was observed as World No Tobacco Day. CPAA arranged Awareness Talks and Cancer Detection Camps. In a month long programme, 5 Awareness lectures were held to educate people about signs and symptoms of Oral cancer, its prevention and how to quit smoking. 5 Detection camps were held in Pune for Traffic Police, Home guards, staff of settlement office of Land Record, people working in Stone crushing, PMT bus depots and staff of General Post office. About 428 males were checked for early signs of Oral Cancer.

National Cancer Rose Day Cancer Patients Aid Association’s Pune staff and volunteers distributed rose and gifts to the patients at different hospitals of Pune like Cipla Palliative Care unit, Inlaks and Budhrani, Jehangir Hospital, Ruby-Hall, Sasoon, K.E.M., Sahyadri and Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital. On 20 September 2007 about 60 patients and their relatives were taken for a movie ‘Chak de India’ at Adlabs. Snacks and juices were served to all the patients.

Diwali Party Diwali party, sponsored by senior citizen club of Rotary club of Pune Central was specially organized for our patients to bring them into the festive mood. A dance program by the students of Ratnaker Shelke Academy of Dance entertained the patients and the guests. Bed sheets, were gifted to the patients. The evening ended with sumptuous snacks, sweets & juices and firecrackers. Christmas Party

Rotary Club of Pune Central, Poona Club and Alfa Laval hosted a Christmas party for children suffering form cancer. There was a magic show and games were played. Santa distributed sweets and gifts to the patients. Children and guests were treated to snacks, ice cream, chocolates and cold drink. Make a Cancer Patient Smile This is a program where patients and relatives are taken out for picnics, movies etc. This year they were taken for a picnic to Sanskruti, Oasis Restaurant, Bird Sanctuary, and Dominos Pizza and then for a movie. Workshops were held in different

hospitals for cancer patients. Patients were also taken to Balaji Mandir at Ketkawle.


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TTeeaamm CCPPAAAA

TEAM CPAA Prevention & Early Detection Patient Care Cancer Insurance

Neeta More – Director Valsa Peter Kirti Dustakar Minal Parab Rupali Dalvi Anagha Wadki Sajeda Kalge Upasana Adhikari Rajashree Manchala Vimla Verghese Ram Dhadwe Anjali Liman Deepak Tirlotkar Abhay Patil Shobha Chigmeti Sanjay Borge

Vinaya Chacko Halima Aurangabadkar Iva Athavia Sonali Arte Annette Raposo Punya Nitin Anil Sandeep Pandu

Volunteers

Anita Peter – Director Gorethi Rodrigues Poonam Bhovar Anila Thale Pradnya Getkewar Shyamsundar Choudhary Raju Kamble Abhijeet Thakare Kalandar Ansari

Rehabilitation Fundraising Maria Lopez Rashmi Gaikwad Jennifer Marion Rashmi Koltharkar

Phul Mathur Kavita Kulkarni Shailja Singh

New Projects Administration Aditi Bapat

Meghana Suchak Susmita Mitra Piali Syam Bani Anand

Vaishnavi Varanse Vaishali Sakpal Avira Fernandes Jayshree Samla Victoria Santos Medha B. Nair

Mani Irani Kiran Chang A. Balakrishna A.Palani Rakesh Talpade Nandu Raut Manoj Koli

Consultants Shoba John – Tobacco Control, HealthBridge Canada

Delhi Branch Pune Branch Sudha Murgai Nilima Batra Vijaya Nandi

Anamika Niharika Raina Smriti Mitra

Nalla Muthu Krishna Pathak Sameer Jagram

Members of The Managing Committee Mrs. Siloo Jasdanwalla - Hon. Secretary Mrs. Rekha Sapru - Hon. Jt. Secretary Dr. Usha Saraiya Medical Consultant –

Gynecology (Consultant Cama Hospital) Dr. Piloo Hakim Medical Consultant –

E.N.T. Surgeon (Consultant J. J. Hospita) Ms. Manju Gupta - Executive Director

(Rehabilitation)

Ms. Gulshan Hodiwalla - Executive Director

(Administration)

Dr. Shubha Maudgal - Executive Director

(Special Projects)

Ms. Kiran Hukku - Director

Delhi Branch

Ms. Maharukh Mehta - Director

Pune Branch

Ms. Kalpana Kar - Director

Bangalore Branch

Our Patrons Chief Patron - Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Former Prime Minister of India) Founder Chairman – Mr. Y. K. Sapru Chairman (Past Executive Director Johnson & Johnson) Patrons Mr. B.G. Deshmukh Tata & Sons Mr. Nana Chudasma Ex - Mayor Mumbai Mr. Nadir A Modi Solicitor - Hon. Legal

Advisor Late Mr. Rajendra Jain - Industrialist Mr. Madanlal Dalmia - Businessman Mr. Shashi Kapoor - Film Artist Mr. Pankaj Udhas - Singer Mr. Vivek Oberoi - Film Artist - Tobacco-

Control Ambassador Mrs. Maya Shahani - Trustee -

Shahani Trust Ms. Shobhaa De - Author Mr. Anup Jalota – Singer Mr. Salman Khan - Film Artist Ms. Shaina NC - Cultural Ambassador

Documents

Cancer Patients Aid Association – Annual Report 2007 1