Cuddles Foundation
Provides food and nutrition to underprivileged children suffering from cancer
- Started: 2011
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
About
Cuddles Foundation believes that a well-nourished child fights cancer better. It provides food and nutrition to every child suffering from cancer. It Read morealso offers counselling and support to caregivers. It works on a capacity-building model by partnering with Government and charitable hospitals and allotting Nutritionists for necessary support on special diets for cancer patients. It has received accolades and awards which include the President’s Award for National Child Welfare for 2015-16, United Nations Global Compact and Akshaya Patra Foundation ‘Nourish The Change’, ICICI Women’s Advantage / Achievers, AIESEC Youth Leadership, SPO India Emerging NGO and Special Jury Award at the Outlook Poshan Awards 2019. Ms. Purnota Dutta Bahl, Founder & CEO, Cuddles Foundation was on the hot seat at Kaun Banega Crorepati's special episode on Karamveer (changemakers) for their relentless humanitarian work.
Sectors
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Research
Sub Sectors
- Health & Family Welfare
- Nutrition
- Vocational Training
- Blood
Demographies Served
- Children
Impact
Cuddles Foundation’s FoodHeals programme helped more than 12,900 children fight cancer working in more than 30 hospitals across 12 plus States of India.
Programs
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Nutritional Counselling and Diet Planning
This programme tracks the child’s level of malnourishment and medical condition with the help of the Cuddles FoodHeals App. It evaluates calorie deficiency and accordingly plans the diet while regularly monitoring it.
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Free Food and Supplements
It provides a wide range of balanced diets which includes fruits, dry fruits, eggs, ghee, lassi, milkshake and other nutritional supplements like Treptin, Pediasure & Pediagold to the affected children.
In order to reduce treatment dropout, it provides ration supplies for one month to a family of three members.
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Caregiver Support
It provides necessary counselling and emotional support to the caregivers by helping form support groups to talk about nutrition and hygiene and guiding them on cooking nutritious meals after the patient has been cured and discharged.
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Research
It provides research support to Doctors on paediatric oncology and nutrition besides conducting nutritional fellowship programmes for nutritionists.
Impact Metrics
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Supplied nutritional supplements
Year-wise Metrics- 2020 27363
- 2021 28441
- 2022 50000
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Supplied in meals for children and caregivers
Year-wise Metrics- 2020 371371
- 2021 266361
- 2022 693000
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AABTC4501H
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Registration IDE-29537(M)
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VO ID / Darpan IDMH/2017/0156504
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12A
AABTC4501HE20214
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80G
AABTC4501HF20214
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FCRA
083781588
Location
Project Location
Headquarters
407, 4th Floor, Konark Shram, 156, Tardeo Rd, Tardeo
Offices in Cities
Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai
Projects in States
West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
Other Details
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Type & Sub Type
Non-profit
Trust -
Employees
21-50
