Site Overview
CanKids…KidsCan is a not-for-profit support group for children with cancer and their families. A unit of the Indian Cancer Society, CanKids strives to ensure the best possible treatment and care, socioeconomic support, emotional and psychological support, effective reintegration into society during and after treatment, and continuity of care through survivorship, relapse, palliation, or loss. CanKids recently started a dedicated pediatric palliative hospice center.
Project Overview
The MOU between JDF and CanKids was executed in April of 2011 after the Foundation's first annual India Palliative Care Initiative meeting at AIIMS in New Delhi. CanKids has purchased a five story dedicated hospice center which serves children undergoing palliative care all over Northern India. They are anticipating their annual patient volume to be over 1,000 patients. JDF is providing funding for a dedicated palliative care physician.
Local Champ
Poonam Bagai is the founder and President of CanKids, a family support group enabling children and their families faced with cancer. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University in 1983.
