A custom-built mobile unit carries digital mammography and pap smear testing across 30,000 sq km of rural Tamil Nadu — free screening, free follow-up, free surgery, for women who couldn't otherwise access it.
Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the two most common cancers among women — and both are simple and cost-effective to treat when caught early. But for underprivileged women in rural Tamil Nadu, regular screening is rarely within reach, and disease often goes undetected until it's advanced. Deep-rooted social stigma keeps many from seeking care even when symptoms appear.
“These are not cases of individual women being treated. These are cases where a family's future has been protected, because the breadwinner has been cured of a deadly disease.”
— B. Nowrathanmal Shankla, Chairman, Project HEAL Trust
High Awareness
Early Detection
Affordable Treatment
Low Mortality
An end-to-end model — awareness, screening, follow-up and free surgery — built with our medical partner Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH).
We partner with Rotary Clubs, companies, schools and NGOs to identify women who need screening.
Every camp is preceded by a session explaining the screening and encouraging attendance.
The mobile unit arrives; KMCH staff conduct mammograms and pap smears on-site.
Anyone who needs further testing is invited to KMCH at no cost to her.
Where surgery is the right course of action, it's provided entirely free of charge.
51 camps, almost one every week — reaching new ground in Pollachi, Karamadai, Perumanallur and Annur, and rolling out four new tools to make every camp more effective.
Produced by Rotary Mettupalayam, shown before every camp to prepare beneficiaries.
Every woman who completes screening is recognised with a certificate — since July 2024.
Automated day-before reminders have measurably cut absenteeism.
Rotary Clubs, companies, schools and NGOs across our coverage region can host a free camp — we handle the medical staff, equipment and logistics.