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Maina Foundation has been collaborating with Renova Soumya Cancer Hospital in Secunderabad, India since 2020, helping breast cancer patients in need of funds to cover part of the treatment expenses. On November 24, 2023, our board member Natalie Sambamurty along with her husband visited the hospital. She handed a check …

Maina Foundation and UE Lifescience are collaborating for the 1Balloon 1Life Campaign. The funds will be used to offer breast cancer screening to women globally. To promote breast and cervical cancer awareness, we are requesting you, your friends, your family & coworkers to post pictures on social media with pink …

Maina Foundation celebrates October, the Breast Cancer Awareness month by organizing several awareness and screening camps in India Somaiya Hospital held rallies and mammogram camps in rural areas of Angaon, 50 kilometers away from Mumbai. Similar events were also organized in the urban areas of Vidyavihar and Pratikshanagar, both located …

Maina Foundation celebrates October, the Breast Cancer Awareness month by organizing several awareness and screening camps in India Maina Foundation and DEEP (DISEASE ERADICATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND PREVENTION) Trust held a mammogram camp in Hyderabad, India From Instagram @deeptrustindia “We’re thrilled to announce the successful completion of our Women Preventive …

The Curia™ app empowers patients with relevant information for their treatment journey by providing information on potential treatment options. Maina Foundation partners with Curia to provide information about this app as a valuable resource to breast cancer patients. This app can be downloaded from the app store.

Maina Foundation donated $7000 on April 12, 2023 in support of the Backus Breast Cancer Center. This donation will be used to directly assist breast cancer patients in Eastern Connecticut from diagnosis through treatment and beyond by providing support to the Backus Hospital Integrative Medicine Program, The Backus Oncology Nurse …

Maina Foundation was given a gift of $10,000 in April, 2023 by MJS Foundation / Philanthropy NY for the cause of raising awareness of breast cancer. Dr. Alison Estabrook, a breast cancer surgeon was the main representative to take the proposal forward. This is the second year in a row …

October 1, 2022 – Shop for a Cause in Fort Mill, SC. A Holiday Bazaar to help with Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Detection.

Saturday, September 24th, 2022 – No registration needed. Come and walk with us to show support for our cause of raising breast cancer awareness and helping with early detection so that “No lives are lost to breast cancer.” Donations are welcome.

The 2022 Mrs. India finalist, Gauri Navalkar is the spokesperson for Maina Foundation. She works with an organization which has invented and manufactures portable device for breast cancer screening. Gauri is a strong advocate for early detection of breast cancer and endorses the mission of Maina Foundation for raising awareness …

India Development Service (IDS) is a nonprofit organization based in the Chicago area. Since 1974, IDS has funded hundreds of projects that empower vulnerable communities in India. IDS and Maina Foundation have been working together since 2019 when they awarded funds to Maina Foundation to acquire iBreastExam (UELifesciences), a hand held …

Nruthya Shakti Dance Academy, a Dallas-based folk dance school established in 1994 recently hosted a folk and classical dance competition called Natyakalakar on March 26, 2022. Natyakalakaar is an annual tradition at NSDA to work with and raise money for a charity.  NSDA’s school objective is called Nritya Seva, using dance …

Alka Shrikhande (MS, MBA) is a biochemist, who has worked with Pfizer and Bayer Pharmaceuticals in drug development as a research scientist for over thirty years. Her work in the field of neuroscience and inflammation has been published in scientific journals. She was the President of Asian Pacific American Group …

Maharashtra Foundation, NY, awarded Maina Foundation funds for two projects.          A.  Advanced diagnostic screening for identification of breast cancer in underinsured patients at Metropolitan Hospital, Manhattan NY.         B.  Breast cancer awareness and screening program at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand India.

Maina Foundation and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India, are collaborating for increasing the number of women screened with mammographs.  This is being done through the donation by Maina Foundation of CR Machine with 6 cassettes for breast imaging unit in the Radiology department. DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION IN PDF FORMAT

Maina Foundation was given a gift of $10,000 by MJS Foundation / Philanthropy NY for the cause of raising awareness of breast cancer.  Dr. Alison Estabrook, a breast cancer surgeon was the main representative to take the proposal forward.  The funds will be used by Somaiya Medical College and Research …

Metropolitan Hospital in Manhattan hosted a Donor appreciation event on October 15, 2021. Maina Foundation has been supporting the breast cancer screening program since 2019, by donating funds for advanced diagnostics to uninsured patients from underserved communities.

Maina Foundation is participating in Techfest, IIT Bombay, which is launching the online web platform for 𝗡𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗔𝗡, a PAN India initiative to raise awareness about breast cancer and highlight the importance of taking early precautions. Head to techfest.org/nidaan to check out blogs on this topic and register yourself to receive a …

Maina Foundation and Baby Space are jointly conducting a webinar on Friday June 25 at 4 pm IST (6:30 am EST), on Breast cancer – early detection and prevention. The webinar will be conducted by two reputed doctors who will discuss the importance of early detection and prevention, along with …

As of March 15, 2021, Maina Foundation is honored to be associated with Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research based in Encino, CA. Their goal is to end breast cancer. Their mission is to perform and facilitate innovative and collaborative research while translating science to engage the public …

As a recognition of our work, Ralph Lauren International has chosen us as their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) partner. What does it mean? – 2.5% of the sales of their breast cancer merchandise in India for the year 2020-2021 will be forwarded to us in Indian currency.

We are excited to announce the 2nd year of our collaboration with Metropolitan Hospital Center – NYC HHC! The 2nd year of the program was launched on December 9th, 2020. Dr. Anitha Srinivasan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Metropolitan Hospital and other members of the Maina Foundation team were present …

Starting from January 1, 2021, 50 women in need of financial assistance will get free mammography screening.

On January 23rd, 2021, Maina Foundation held a virtual conference with Dr. Padma Shetty at Somaiya Medical College in Mumbai, India and Ms. Durga Gopal, a Stage IV breast cancer patient in Hyderabad, India. The conference was moderated by two medical students, Maya Pandit and Shreya Makkapati. There were about …

A team at Tata memorial hospital in Mumbai develops immunotherapy using CAR-T cells to treat cancer. Maina Foundation has been collaborating with Tata since 2013 to provide treatment to breast cancer patients. Please click to read more

We are excited to announce our collaboration with Metropolitan Hospital Center – NYC HHC! The program was launched on Friday, October 18th, 2019 during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Read More

Maina Foundation is going to BMM (Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal) from July 11-14 in Dallas. Read More

Maina Foundation organized free women’s Check-Up Camp, including mammograms for breast cancer screening, in collaboration with Polaris Hospital in Khargar, Navi Mumbai on May 19, 2019. The camp was very well attended, providing check-ups to 50 women.

India Development Service (IDS) founded in 1974, is a Chicago based non-profit organization dedicated to empower the most marginalized people in India to support socioeconomic development. IDS supports small scale projects and provides seed funding for non-profit organizations and/or activists. Since its inception, IDS has supported over 240 projects in …

Maina Foundation will be at Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM) 2017 from July 7-9 2017 at Grand Rapids Michigan! Please stop by to support our cause of fighting breast cancer! We will be selling costume jewelry and an original book called “Recipes of Maharashtra.” We look forward to seeing you there!! …

Publication of Akava, written by Shankar Pandit, at Vashi on Jan 14th, 2017 Reported by the Marathi Newspaper ‘Sakal’ , in today’s edition

Our Impact : Yelikeli , is a small village in Seloo Taluka in Wardha District of Maharashtra , India. Maina Foundation in collaboration with the Dept of Community Medicine JNMC, Sawangi (M), Wardha initiated the breast cancer awareness program in this village in July 2016 lees. 560 women have since …

Maina Foundation had scheduled a walk at Rocky Neck Park, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA on Sunday Oct 9,2016, come rain or shine. So the rain did come, however the shine was brought in by the group of about 30 -40 supporters who showed up in support of our cause. The …

India lives in villages – Mahatma Gandhi Yelikeli , with a population of about 2400, is a small village in Seloo Taluka in Wardha District of Maharashtra State, India located about 753 kms from Mumbai. It is part of the Vidarbh region of Nagpur Division .Maina Foundation in collaboration with the …

After our first ongoing door to door awareness program in collaboration with Somaiyya hospital ( now in its third year) , there were two more cases detected after Hirabai, which has given credence to the need of early detection, among the urban slums/ middle income group at Pratiksha Nagar, Mumbai. …

While in conversation with Dr Gupta , Deputy Director, (CRC)  ACTREC (Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer) , Kharghar. It was a meeting well over an hour that covered, there were so many insights. Here are a few important facts. Did you know ….. There are several …

Come one! Come all! Donate, Volunteer, Support – Join hands to fight breast cancer! Have a date with us on 27th March 2016

Give a gift of life! It’s oft repeated that life is not in our hands – it is God’s gift. Now you have the power to give that gift – $300 can actually save a life. Tata Memorial Hospital – a government of India institution in Mumbairegisters about 4400 new …

Write-up about Maina Foundation – Advocating breast cancer awareness in developing countries – New India Times forthcoming issue : March 11, 2016 http://epaper.newsindia-times.com/2016_03_11/index.html#25/z

Our Impact – Giving hope Today, let me narrate a true story: Hirabai, a 65 years old woman lives in Pratiksha Nagar, a low income township in Sion Koliwada area of Mumbai. The community consists of 45,000 people living in one room dwellings with communal water and bathroom facilities. Hirabai …

Maina Foundation has got 80G certification.  All donations to the foundation are tax-exempt.

Sorento Healthcare Communications is one of India’s leading communications company focused on the domain of health and wellness. With over a decade’s experience in the field of healthcare communication, Sorento has been a frontrunner in developing patient centric initiatives for client brands. With a leap of faith, they launched their …

Maina Foundation visited SAA (Schizophrenia Awareness Association) on March 28, 2015 in Pune to give a talk on Breast Cancer to the community. The emphasis was on raising awareness of the disease, this is also a need for other diseases such as mental illness fr-libido.com.

First volunteer of mammography unit donated to Lion’s Service Centre ,Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai

Maina Foundation attended a three day convention in Providence RI, starting from July 5 to July 7, 2013. The Foundation had a booth with information on Breast cancer and its rising incidence in India, along with the foundation’s goals to fight breast cancer.  Books written by Shankar Pandit and traditional …

Maina Foundation will work with Tata Memorial Hospital and Women’s Cancer Initiative (WCI) for funding treatment of women diagnosed with breast cancer .

Join us / Sponsor a fundraiser When: Sun, October 20, 10:30am – 11:30am Where: Tibbetts brook park, Yonkers, Westchester, USA. (map) Host: Suresh Gupta, Anitha Srinivasan, MD, Supriya Ramamurthy, Bharti Gupta, Veena Kumar and Neena Gupta Details: http://walkathon2013.mainafoundation.org/ SPONSORS   Suresh and Bharti Gupta Supriya and Shanker Ramamurthy Alka and …