Dear friend,

In 1997 PRERAK threw a pebble in the still and deep waters of community ignorance about cancer to dispel that ignorance and it started a ripple which has gained momentum and now psychosocial oncology is a recognized aspect of treatment of Cancer .

PRERAK has kept its pledge to inspire persons to celebrate Life in spite of being touched by Cancer.

Over 1000 families have been helped in some way or the other . Either by actively enjoying holidays together , or bonding through communication and resuming ties or mending broken associations and even marriages, --the list is endless. The result is that patients do not feel abandoned and their families do not feel completely helpless and they have happier memories.

The feeling that Cancer is not the end of life is percolating slowly but surely. There is enough evidence all around that even in our Indian community Cancer is losing it’s stigma. Patients are not being isolated to the extent they were even a decade ago.

However this change is noticeable in the urban setting and this is probably due to the efforts of Cancer awareness that is being done by PRERAK and other NGO support groups and many other agencies in India. This effort needs to be disseminated in the rural and remote areas also.

1. Do not be afraid of Cancer, Fight it. It is not contagious.
2. Earlier Cancer is detected more treatable it is
3. There is Life inspite of Cancer.
   To the remote corners of our nation.

There is still so much that has to be done and the medical profession is forging ahead in finding a cure for cancer ---our job is to encourage the social, psychological, mental and emotional strength of each patient and his or her care givers to enjoy life while it is there to the fullest as possible.

Let us join hands and carry on our work.