At Trust In Pink Foundation, we have a very scientific process for training of Clinical Breast Exams. The programme strives to achieve the following competency end-points for the mobile CBE team members (Visually Challenged and sighted)

Competency End Points 

1. Competency in Breast Examination
2. Taking history and epidemiological data and recording the same
3. Visual examination – sighted to undertake a visual inspection of the breast
4. VC girls to undertake the Clinical Breast Exam and record the findings
5. VC girls to be competent to talk about: (i) Breast Examination, (ii) Nutrition, (iii) Lactation, (iv) Diet and (v) Exercise

TRAINING VIDEOS

• Sparsh Vardaan is a flagship project of the Trust in Pink Foundation.  This project was launched on 14 January 2012

• Sparsh Vardan means "blessings of touch". Palpation or touch is a vital clinical examination, required for early detection of Breast Diseases and Cancers

• Visually challenged Breast Health Care professionals to undergo rigorous training on the  scientific method of Clinical Breast Examination, along with associated soft-skills

• Our proficient team have screened more than 4500 girls and women

• The Trust in Pink Foundation have ongoing projects with medical institutes in Pune, to undertake ongoing validation of Clinical Breast Exam exercises

• We work closely with data scientists to validate the findings of our results

• Additionally, research on life style and its co-relation to diseases of the breast are studied

Empowering young girls to select lifestyle options to remain healthy and beat diseases

Guidance on Diet, Nutrition, Exercise, Pranayam, importance of sleep and being happy

1200+  school girls have been mentored in this programme by the visually challenged trained breast health care professionals

Courage does not mean you don't get afraid....courage means 'you do not let fear stop you'

We empower the family to treat the tough journey of treatment of Breast Cancer, as a small destination and not life as a whole

Lymphadema risk after Brease Cancer surgery increases with radiation, chemotherapy and the number of lymph nodes removed. This is, in most cases preventable if proper care is taken.

Once Lymphadema occurs, it causes

(i)   Functional impairment - decreased range of motion in the affected upper extremity joints. - decreased healing capacity of the affected tissue,with resultant increaed risk of infection - as well as from pain and

(ii)  Diminished quality of life Psychological distress, Anxiety, depression, emotional distress and pain in these patients adversely affect their quality of life

We at Trust in Pink Foundation believe in prevention and offer supportive care to avoid Lymphadema.  We also offer Manual and Compression Lymphatic drainage, nutrition for Lymphadema, Yoga, psychological support and support groups

The beauty of a woman is in the curves that she is gifted with

And we will not allow the treatment of breast cancer to dampen this at any cost, be it immediate or be it long term

And that is where we have Confianza, a program for offering Breast Prosthesis.

The Trust in Pink Foundation offers individualized prosthesis, immediate after surgery or for long term use with low cost mixed silicon prosthesis

Additionally, the Trust in Pink Foundation have collaborated with Saishaa Foundation to offer soft, lightweight breast prostheses that are very comfortable for women who have undergone mastectomies, lumpectomies and radiation, and/ or are undergoing reconstruction

We do not let chemo induced baldness, dull your sparkle

   We invest in your hair, it is the crown you will never take off

              Trust in Pink has a bank of Wigs.  We provide wigs on a temporary basis, for needy patients  on chemotherapy

             The wigs are hygienically preserved and circulated

              We aim to make the patient have wonderful beauty like Rapunzel, even during their worst phases of baldness

Love is not in the air, it is in the Hair!