Mr. Nihal Kaviratne CBE

Mr. Nihal Kaviratne CBE

Founder

Founder of St. Jude India ChildCare Centres

Mr. Nihal Kaviratne CBE is the founder of St. Jude India ChildCare Centres[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare and women & children from Mumbai.

St. Jude India ChildCare Centres

St. Jude India ChildCare Centres provide free, clean accommodation and holistic support to underprivileged children undergoing cancer treatment and their families. It runs centres near major cancer hospitals across India.

St. Jude India ChildCare Centres reports the following, on its own site:

  • 876 families housed at a time across 68 centres in 13 cities
  • 9,464 children admitted since 2006
  • 1,866,055 nights of safe stay provided to families during cancer treatment