Ashok Rau

Founder

Ashok Rau is the founder of Freedom Foundation (1992)^[1], an Indian non-profit working on healthcare from Bengaluru.

Freedom Foundation

Freedom Foundation set up India's first comprehensive community-based care and support centre for people living with HIV/AIDS, and now runs dozens of such centres across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra. Headquartered in Bengaluru, it combines medical support with counselling, nutrition and livelihood assistance for people affected by HIV and substance dependence.

Freedom Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

Runs 52 centres across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra, reaching 50,000+ beneficiaries

Organisations: 1
Based in: Bengaluru
Founded: 1992
Press: 1

References

[1] “Dr Ashok Rau and Late Mr. Karl Sequeira founded Freedom Foundation in 1992.” — Freedom Foundation. Source

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