Wholesome meals are saving kids’ lives at 35 cancer hospitals.
MUMBAI: Ensuring a wholesome meal has been helping save lives of children undergoing treatment in 35 cancer hospitals across the country, including Mumbai. An analysis of the impact of nutrition on 12,900 children with cancer done by Mumbai-based NGO Cuddles Foundation found that proper nutrition during treatment helped seven out of 10 kids survive cancer. […]
Hyderabad-based biker goes on 100-day ride to help kids with cancer
Hyderabad: Sandeep KB, an avid biker wished to travel across the country on his bike, but a busy career at an MNC didn’t leave him much time to follow his passion. However, when the pandemic struck, Sandeep witnessed how uncertain life can be. “I observed a few things during the second wave of Covid that […]
Childhood Cancer in India: Analysing the impact of good nutrition
When five-year-old Swara (name changed) was diagnosed with cancer, her family moved to a rented apartment in Pune from Baramati for her treatment. Her father had spent all of his savings on her medical tests and travel. She weighed less than what she was supposed to at her age and consumed only 23% of her […]
How Cuddles Foundation supports the nutritional needs of underprivileged children fighting cancer
Armed with an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Purnota Dutta Bahl was passionate about marketing from the get-go. In 2010, she took a break from her career to get through a difficult pregnancy and spend time with her newborn daughter. “After a few months, I wanted to do more. My husband and I used to […]
Childhood cancer cure rate in low to middle-income countries is 15-45%: Cuddles Foundation
Cuddles Foundation recently released the first organised assessment conducted in India on the impact of good nutrition on children with cancer titled, “Childhood Cancer in India”. One of the known primary challenges for the lower cure rate was that approximately 40% of child cancer patients in India are malnourished at the time of diagnosis. About […]
Sidharth Malhotra’s Fankind campaign to raise funds for children battling cancer
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra is now a part of a fundraiser campaign for cancer patients. Founded by Arjun Kapoor’s sister Anshula Kapoor, online fundraising platform Fankind has launched yet another campaign and this time it’s with actor Sidharth Malhotra. Sidharth’s fans now have an opportunity to interact with him over a video call, […]
Battling Cancer Amid Coronavirus: Children’s Tales of Survival in Double Whammy
A smile flashes across 7-year-old Arfaz’s face as he remembers a forgotten feast. Ask him about his happy meal, and he recounts, “Biryani, kebab, chicken, ice cream and chocolate.” But all that has been forbidden for seven months now as he lost his health and appetite to an aggressive type of blood cancer called Pre […]
Every time you feel low, just switch on the sunshine: Sonali Bendre Behl
In the last two years, with a life threatening disease, one thing I’ve realised is that nothing goes as planned. I’ve learnt not to take anything for granted and also learnt to be grateful. This has helped me in dealing with this pandemic also,” says Sonali Bendre Behl. She believes that the best way to […]
The Lancet Oncology: Without additional investment 11 million children are expected to die from cancer between now and 2050
Improving care for children with cancer worldwide will bring a triple return on investment and prevent millions of needless deaths, according to a new Commission report published today by The Lancet Oncology entitled Sustainable Care for Children with Cancer. Without additional investment in childhood cancer care, new estimates produced for the report reveal that over […]
A day with All India Radio
Q1. How did this amazing journey begin? What sparked the idea for Cuddles Foundation? Ans : Thanks for asking, it is a very interesting story. I would say that Cuddles Foundation began around 8 years ago when I delivered my first child; her name is Ahaana. At that time I was on sabbatical; on my […]
