Chitra Venkateswaran

Founder

Chitra Venkateswaran is the founder of Mehac Foundation^[1], an Indian non-profit working on mental health, healthcare and palliative & cancer care from Kochi.

Mehac Foundation

Mehac Foundation (Mental Health Care & Research Foundation) is a Kochi-based not-for-profit founded in 2008 by psychiatrist Dr Chitra Venkateswaran. Growing out of North Kerala's community palliative care movement, it delivers free, long-term psychosocial care for people with chronic mental illness through community-run clinics, home visits and trained local volunteers, with projects spanning coastal Alappuzha, flood-affected villages and children with learning disabilities.

Mehac Foundation reports the following, on its own site:

Mental health care provided to over 3,000 beneficiaries across 6 districts in Kerala
98 percent of beneficiaries come from low-income families

Organisations: 1
Based in: Kochi
Founded: —
Press: 2

References

[1] “Dr Chitra Venkateswaran, Mehac's Founder and Clinical Director, has made significant contributions to this community-based movement.” — Mehac Foundation. Source

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