CAN SUPPORT
The Walk for Life
The Walk for Life is an annual walk-a-thon organised by CanSupport, an organisation working to provide support for cancer patients and their caregivers. The walk is aimed at raising awareness about the rising incidence of cancer and to show solidarity with those suffering from cancer and help raise funds for the much-needed palliative care services in Delhi-NCR.
In February, we volunteered to participate in the CanSupport Walk for Life at Rajpath, where students and teachers showed their support for cancer victims and survivors. We walked over three kilometres at Rajpath in New Delhi in support of the cause, carrying banners and chanting slogans.
About CanSupport
CanSupport is a Delhi-based non-profit organization started by Harmala Gupta, a Shri Ram School parent. In fact, the parents of The Shri Ram School had organised a fundraiser for this cause in 1998. Ever since, this tradition of offering medical, nursing, emotional and spiritual support to cancer patients is going on and now Can Support has 26 teams that look after 1800 patients at any given time. While 80% of the beneficiaries are underprivileged, CanSupport makes no distinction between the privileged and the needy as cancer knows no difference.